Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Capponi Chapel; Deposition
Alternate Title:
Lamentation
Image View:
Detail, the Virgin Mary reaches out to her son
Creator:
Pontormo (Italian painter, 1494-1557)
Location:
repository: Santa Felicita (Florence, Tuscany, Italy)
Location Note:
Cappella Capponi
GPS:
43.766833 11.252636
Date:
ca. 1528 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Mannerist (Renaissance-Baroque style); Sixteenth century
Work Type 1:
altarpiece
Work Type 2:
panel painting
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
oil paint on wood panel
Technique:
oil painting (technique)
Measurements:
313 cm (height) x 192 cm (width)
Subjects:
New Testament; Jesus Christ; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
Description:
In 1525-1528 Pontormo painted the most important ensemble of his maturity, the decoration of the Capponi Chapel in S Felìcita, Florence (in situ). The altarpiece shows the Lamentation; in the pendentives of the dome are tondi of St John the Evangelist, St Matthew, St Luke, and St Mark, and on the side wall is a fresco of the Annunciation. In the Lamentation, generally acknowledged to be his masterpiece, Pontormo combined a new sense of ornamental beauty, polished surfaces and exquisitely refined line with the insubstantial, floating forms, the spatial irrationality and the poignant communication of feeling that are hallmarks of his Mannerism. The colors, high-keyed, clear blues, acid greens and pinks, with little light and shade, intensify the picture’s strange and haunting grace. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A1-PONT-CC-D-A16
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Capponi Chapel; Deposition