Panchronia

Deposition from the Cross

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Painting · 1525–1528 · Florence, Santa Felicita · Europe

Weightless figures in pink and blue, with no cross or landscape: early Mannerism's benchmark

Deposition from the Cross
Pontormo · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Author
Jacopo Pontormo
Style
Mannerism — Renaissance harmony deliberately unbalanced: stretched bodies, cold colour, crowded space
Century
16th century

Made around the same time (±30 years)

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