San Ruffillo Madonna
Fresco fragment by Pontormo
The San Ruffillo Madonna is a fresco fragment by Pontormo, executed around 1514, originally located in the San Ruffillo church in Florence.[1]
An early work by the artist, produced soon after finishing his training Andrea del Sarto's studio, it is now owned by the Accademia delle arti del disegno. At least three preparatory drawings for it survive in the Kupferstich-Kabinett, Dresden,[2] the Biblioteca dell'Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei e Corsiniana [it]in Rome[3] and the Uffizi's Gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe. The two framing standing figures are saint Lucy (left) holding up a plate with her eyes and Michael the Archangel holding a pair of scales by the cups. Either side of the Madonna and Child kneel Saint Agnes and Zechariah.
It was detached on a section of wall before the church was demolished in 1823 and moved to the San Luca Chapel in Santissima Annunziata, Florence, which was then being rearranged and where it is now displayed, blocking the old doorway. An upper section showing God the Father and cherubim was destroyed during the detachment.
It was removed from the wall again while the church was restored following the 1966 Florence flood. This revealed a sinopia with traces of colours, possibly for another work, attributed to Raffaellino del Garbo.[4] It is thought to have remained visible until Pontormo painted his work over it, for which he made a now-barely-visible under-drawing.
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Pontormo
- San Ruffillo Madonna (c. 1514)
- Scene from Hospital Life (c. 1514)
- Woman with a Basket of Spindles (c. 1514–1515, disputed)
- Joseph Sold to Potiphar (c. 1515)
- Joseph's Brothers Beg for Help (c. 1515)
- Pharaoh with his Butler and Baker (c. 1515)
- Saint Quentin (1517, disputed)
- Portrait of a Jeweler (c. 1517–1518)
- Joseph in Egypt (c. 1518)
- Pucci Altarpiece (1518)
- Portrait of a Musician (c. 1518–1519)
- Saint John the Evangelist and Michael the Archangel (c. 1519)
- Saint Anthony Abbot (c. 1519)
- Portrait of Cosimo the Elder (c. 1519–1520)
- Vertumnus and Pomona (c. 1519–1521)
- Sacrificial Scene (c. 1520)
- Adoration of the Magi (c. 1522–1523)
- Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist (c. 1522–1523)
- Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and Four Saints (c. 1524–1529)
- Portrait of a Young Man (c. 1525–1526)
- Penitent Saint Jerome (c. 1525–1528)
- Nativity of Saint John the Baptist (1526)
- Annunciation (c. 1527–1528)
- Deposition from the Cross (1528)
- Carmignano Visitation (c. 1528–1530)
- The Ten Thousand Martyrs (c. 1529–1530)
- Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist (c. 1529–1536)
- Portrait of a Halberdier (1530)
- Venus and Cupid (c. 1533)
- Expulsion from Paradise (c. 1535)
- Madonna of the Book (c. 1540–1545)
- Portrait of Monsignor Della Casa (c. 1541–1544)
- Portrait of Maria Salviati (c. 1543–1544)
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