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 | | Jacopo Carucci (May 24, 1494 — January 2, 1557), usually known as Jacopo da Pontormo, Jacopo Pontormo or simply Pontormo, was a Florentine Mannerist painter and portraitist given to contorted poses, distorted perspective and peculiar, markedly unnatural colors, which appear to mirror his restless, neurotic temperament. |
 | | Jacopo Carucci was born at Pontormo, near Empoli. |
 | | An example of Pontormo's early style is The Visitation of the Virgin and St Anne, with its dancelike, balanced figures, painted from 1514 to 1516 for the parish church of St. Michele in Carmignano, a few miles from Florence. |
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