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Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Capponi Chapel; Roundels of the Evangelists
Alternate Title:
Roundels of the Evangelists
Image View:
View of two of the roundels in the spandrels, St. John at left, St. Matthew at right
Creator:
Pontormo (Italian painter, 1494-1557); possibly by Agnolo Bronzino (Italian painter, 1503-1572)
Location:
repository: Santa Felicita (Florence, Tuscany, Italy)
Location Note:
Cappella Capponi
GPS:
43.766833 11.252636
Date:
ca. 1525 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Mannerist (Renaissance-Baroque style); Sixteenth century
Work Type 1:
tondo
Work Type 2:
panel painting
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
oil paint on wood
Technique:
oil painting (technique)
Subjects:
cycles or series; John, the Apostle, Saint; Luke, Saint; Mark, Saint; Matthew, the Apostle, Saint; Evangelists
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. As with the Lamentation, there is no emphasis on identifying the saints with their usual attributes. Except for the painting of St John by Pontormo, the precise authorship of the other three portraits has been debated; two or more may have been done by Bronzino, the apprentice to Pontormo. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A1-PONT-CC-R-A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Capponi Chapel; Roundels of the Evangelists