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Pontormo,
Monsignor della Casa, probably 1541/1544, National
Gallery of Art, Washington, Samuel H. Kress Collection 1961.9.83
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Agnolo
Bronzino, The Holy Family, c. 1527/1528, National Gallery
of Art, Washington, Samuel H. Kress Collection 1939.1.387
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Valentin
de Boulogne, Life and Times
Valentin
de Boulogne was a Frenchman who spent his entire career in Italy. Born
near Boulogne, France, to a family of artists, little is known about his
early life and work. Like most French artists of his generation, he was
probably trained in the Italian mannerist style, which had spread through
Europe by the end of the century. These two sixteenth-century Italian
works are typically mannerist: with their elongated figures and unnatural
colors, they appear artificial and esoteric.
 
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