Pucci Altarpiece

The artwork

Pontormo was twenty-four and had an altarpiece all of his own: he painted it in 1518 for a church a stone's throw from Florence Cathedral. It comes printed on handmade Amalfi paper, in a handmade frame.

• The Holy Family with Saints John the Evangelist, John the Baptist, Francis and James.
• A work rich in figures for a living room, a study or an entrance hall.
• A gift for anyone who loves sacred art and Florence.

The panel takes its name from the Pucci family, who commissioned it for their chapel in the church of San Michele Visdomini, near the Cathedral. At the centre is the Holy Family; around it, four saints held in a composition that turns in on itself, already far from the calm of the fifteenth-century masters.

The historian Luciano Berti places it in Pontormo's early phase, alongside the Portrait of a Musician in the Uffizi. Writing about the exhibition at the Scuderie del Quirinale in Rome, Artribune describes it as pervaded “by a mocking restlessness”. It is on display courtesy of the Archdiocese of Florence: to see it, you usually have to step into a church on Via dei Servi.

In a living room, a study or an entrance hall: it is the gift for anyone who loves sacred art and the Florence less trodden by tourists.

Unique quality material

Print on handmade Amalfi paper
Sheet size: 40 x 60 cm (15.7 x 23.6 in)
Framed size: 42 x 62 cm (16.5 x 24.4 in)
Material: artwork printed on very fine handmade Amalfi paper with deckled edges
Frame: dark brown with a gold fillet, handmade, with glass