Pontormo - Portrait of a Halberdier (Francesco Guardi?)
Pontormo (Jacopo Carucci) {Italian (Florentine), 1494 - 1557}
Portrait of a Halberdier (Francesco Guardi?) [1528 - 1530]
Oil (or oil and tempera) on panel transferred to canvas; 95.3 x 73 cm (37 1/2 x 28 3/4 in.);
LA Malibu, Paul Getty Museum; 89.PA.49
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Description
A young man stands statuesque in the foreground, framed tightly from the waist up, against the backdrop of a barely visible stone bastion. He leans on the shaft of his halberd with a firm grip of his right hand, while his left hand is proudly placed on his hip. His clothing is extremely elegant, starting with his red trousers, the belt from which his sword hangs, highlighting his very slim waist, his puffed jacket, a gold chain necklace, a white shirt with puffed cuffs, and a red cap with a feather and a gem depicting Hercules and Antaeus pinned to it with a brooch.
The different materials are rendered with extraordinary pictorial skill, from the burnished metal of the sword hilt to the leather of the belt, the grained wood of the halberd shaft, and the silky texture of the folds of the jacket sleeves, reminiscent of Raphael's style.
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Source in Italian
Pontormo - Portrait of a Halberdier (Francesco Guardi?)
Pontormo (Jacopo Carucci) {Italian (Florentine), 1494 - 1557}
Portrait of a Halberdier (Francesco Guardi?) [1528 - 1530]
Oil (or oil and tempera) on panel transferred to canvas; 95.3 x 73 cm (37 1/2 x 28 3/4 in.);
LA Malibu, Paul Getty Museum; 89.PA.49
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Description
A young man stands statuesque in the foreground, framed tightly from the waist up, against the backdrop of a barely visible stone bastion. He leans on the shaft of his halberd with a firm grip of his right hand, while his left hand is proudly placed on his hip. His clothing is extremely elegant, starting with his red trousers, the belt from which his sword hangs, highlighting his very slim waist, his puffed jacket, a gold chain necklace, a white shirt with puffed cuffs, and a red cap with a feather and a gem depicting Hercules and Antaeus pinned to it with a brooch.
The different materials are rendered with extraordinary pictorial skill, from the burnished metal of the sword hilt to the leather of the belt, the grained wood of the halberd shaft, and the silky texture of the folds of the jacket sleeves, reminiscent of Raphael's style.
Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
Source in Italian