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Categories for the Description of Works of Art


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Mannerist portrait

Object/Work Catalog Level: item
Type: painting
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Classification Terms:
            paintings
            European art
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Titles or Names Text: Portrait of a Halberdier (Francesco Guardi?)
    Preference: preferred
    Type: repository
Text: Portrait of Cosimo I de'Medici
    Preference: alternate
    Type: former
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Creation Creator Description: Pontormo (Italian, 1494-1557) Free text
  Identity: Pontormo
Role: painter
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  Creation Date: ca. 1528/1530  
Earliest: 1523  Latest: 1535
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Style/Period/Group/ Movement Indexing Terms: Mannerist
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Measurements Dimensions Description: 123 x 161 cm (36 1/4 x 28 3/8 inches) Free text
  Value: 123 Unit: cm Type: height
Value:
161 Unit: cm Type: width
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Materials and Techniques Description: oil or oil and tempera on panel transferred to canvas Free text
  Material Names:
        tempera Role: medium
        oil paint Role: medium
        panel (wood) Role: support
        canvas Role: support
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Subject Matter Indexing Terms:
        portrait
        Guardi, Francesco (Italian nobleman, born 1514)
        halberdier
        nobleman
        Medici, Cosimo I de' (Tuscan grand duke, 1519-1574)
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Descriptive Note Text: Pontormo's elongated, oval forms and refined play of color is prototypical of Mannerist portraiture. Based on a Florentine inventory, Cosimo I de' Medici himself has also been suggested as the painting's subject. Free text
  Citation: J. Paul Getty Museum, Handbook of the Collections (2001) Authority
Current Location Repository Name/Geographic Location: J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, California, United States)
Repository Numbers: 89.PA.49
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