According to Vasari, in the last phases of this artist life, he lived in a secluded building only accessible with a ladder controlled by a pulley.
According to Vasari, in the last phases of this artist life, he lived in a secluded building only accessible with a ladder controlled by a pulley. For the Medici family, he painted a doggie beneath the crotch of the titular god who is trying to reach fruit on a tree at the Poggia e Caiano. Another of his works includes an orange clothed man standing on a spiral staircase of stone, which leads to a depiction of the title character on his deathbed. In that same painting, which includes a view of a (*) pyramid in the background, the orange clothed pharaoh is admired by the kneeling blue man. This artist's portraits include one of a halberdier, as well as a depiction of the aforementioned Vertumnus and Pomona. For 10 points, name this mannerist and teacher of Bronzino whose works include The Entombment of Christ and The Flight into Egypt.
According to Vasari, in the last phases of this artist life, he lived in a secluded building only accessible with a ladder controlled by a pulley.
Jacopo Pontormo