Madonna and Child

1523 · Private collection

religious

Domenico Puligo belonged to the Florentine Mannerist movement alongside artists such as Jacopo Pontormo and Rosso Fiorentino. The majority of his output focused on easel-sized pictures for private devotion, as well as a number of portraits and a small group of altarpieces. The present painting is an example of Florentine Mannerism which took hold in the wake of the High Renaissance.

About the Artist

Domenico Puligo

1492 – 1527

Domenico Puligo, actually Domenico di Bartolommeo Ubaldini, Italian painter. According to Vasari he was a pupil of Ridolfo Ghirlandaio. Later he was assistant to Andrea del Sarto, in whose Roman works Domenico's hand is evident. His painting was influenced by that of Andrea del Sarto, Pontormo and Rosso Fiorentino. In fact, he has often been attributed works that were previously believed to be by the latter two Mannerist artists. As an independent painter, he used a still softer sfumato than Andrea and, by largely dissolving the contours, and a preference for a marked chiaroscuro, achieved an expressive atmosphere. Puligo painted numerous Madonnas, for which he preferred smaller formats.

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