Michele d'Alessio di Papi: the patron of Pontormo's S Ruffillo Altarpiece.

Apollo | September 1, 2003| | Copyright

Jacopo da Pontormo's S Ruffillo Altarpiece (Fig. 1) occupies an important place in the artist's career. Usually thought to have been painted around 1514, it is the earliest of his works that has survived in legible condition. It also represents the beginning of Pontormo's long and dramatic series of variations on the theme of the sacra conversazione--a type of altarpiece he infused with unprecedented energy and actuality. Yet the S Ruffillo Altarpiece has received less scholarly attention than almost any of Pontormo's major works, due in part to the meagre amount of ...

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