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| Keywords: Pontormo - Portrait of Maria Salviati de' Medici with Giulia de' Medici - Walters 37596.jpg Pontormo called by the name of his birthplace was esteemed by the Medicis for his ability to capture the individuality of his sitters while emphasizing their aristocratic demeanor Maria Salviati was the wife of famous military leader Giovanni delle Bande Nere de' Medici d 1526 and the mother of Cosimo I 1519-1574 grand duke of Tuscany The little girl holding her hand here is probably Giulia a Medici relative who was left in Maria's care after the murder of the child's father Duke Alessandro de' Medici 1511-1537 As Alessandro was born of a liaison between a Medici cardinal and a servant who tradition has it was African this formal portrait may be the first of a girl of African ancestry in European art The child was painted over sometime during the 19th century but was rediscovered during a 1937 cleaning of the work Although Maria still wears the clothing of mourning for her deceased husband Pontormo's elegant style conveys her aristocratic grace through her impossibly long fingers and her fashionably pale color indicative of a life led out of the sun which she shares with Giulia This painting will be featured in the Walters' upcoming exhibition Face to Face the African Presence in Renaissance Europe opening October 2012 ca 1537 Renaissance oil on panel Painted surface cm 88 71 3 1 Framed cm 113 03 92 08 8 89 accession number 37 596 26104 Medici Collections Riccardo Romolo Riccardi Palazzo Gualfonda Florence prior to 1612 inventory of 1612 Florence Archivio di Stato Carte Riccardi fil 258 c 21r-23r as un quadro di br a uno e mezzo della Sig ra D Maria Medici con una puttina per mano di Jacopa da Pontormo until after 1814 Florence Archivio di Stato Carte Riccardi fil 278 as no 147 un quadro rappresenta un ritratto di donna con una bambina mode of acquisition unknown Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome prior to 1881 mode of acquisition unknown 1881 catalogue no 79 1897 catalogue no 381 as Sebastiano del Piombo Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 Undercover Stories in Art The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1980 Going for Baroque The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1995-1996 Highlights from the Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1998-2001 Virtue and Beauty Leonardo's Ginevra de'Benci and Renaissance Portraits of Women National Gallery of Art Washington 2001-2002 The Legacy of Michelangelo Palazzo Strozzi Firenze; The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago; The Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit 2002-2003 Pontormo Bronzino and the Medici The Transformation of the Renaissance Portrait Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia 2004-2005 place of origin Florence Italy Zeri Italian paintings in the Walters Art Gallery 211 325-328 Walters Art Museum license 2D Renaissance portrait paintings in the Walters Art Museum Italian Renaissance paintings in the Walters Art Museum Portraits by Jacopo Pontormo Maria Salviati Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Maria Salviati | ||||
