Expulsion from Paradise (Pontormo)

Painting by Pontormo

Expulsion from Paradise
Expulsion of Adam and Eve

Artist	Jacopo Pontormo
Year	c. 1535
Type	Oil on panel
Dimensions	43 cm × 31 cm (17 in × 12 in)
Location	Uffizi, Florence

Expulsion from Paradise or the Expulsion of Adam and Eve is an oil on panel painting by Pontormo, now in the Uffizi in Florence, whose Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe also has a preparatory drawing for it. Its dating is also uncertain and varies between c.1519 and c.1543, but is held to be c.1535 by the Uffizi.

It is heavily influenced by Masaccio, such as the serpent wrapped round a tree in his Brancacci Chapel frescos. It is mentioned in the inventory of cardinal Leopoldo de' Medici's collection with its correct attribution, but by the time it was mentioned in the Gallerie fiorentine inventory of 1796 it had been misattributed to Francesco Salviati, a misattribution which lasted until 1825. The attribution to Pontormo is accepted by all modern critics except Berti and Clapp. La Forlanini theorises that it originally formed part of a series.

References

n. 465F
(in Italian) Elisabetta Marchetti Letta, Pontormo, Rosso Fiorentino, Scala, Firenze 1994. ISBN 88-8117-028-0
"Catalogue entry" (in Italian).

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Pontormo

Paintings

San Ruffillo Madonna (c. 1514)
Scene from Hospital Life (c. 1514)
Woman with a Basket of Spindles (c. 1514–1515, disputed)
Joseph Sold to Potiphar (c. 1515)
Joseph's Brothers Beg for Help (c. 1515)
Pharaoh with his Butler and Baker (c. 1515)
Saint Quentin (1517, disputed)
Portrait of a Jeweler (c. 1517–1518)
Joseph in Egypt (c. 1518)
Pucci Altarpiece (1518)
Portrait of a Musician (c. 1518–1519)
Saint John the Evangelist and Michael the Archangel (c. 1519)
Saint Anthony Abbot (c. 1519)
Portrait of Cosimo the Elder (c. 1519–1520)
Vertumnus and Pomona (c. 1519–1521)
Sacrificial Scene (c. 1520)
Adoration of the Magi (c. 1522–1523)
Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist (c. 1522–1523)
Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and Four Saints (c. 1524–1529)
Portrait of a Young Man (c. 1525–1526)
Penitent Saint Jerome (c. 1525–1528)
Nativity of Saint John the Baptist (1526)
Annunciation (c. 1527–1528)
Deposition from the Cross (1528)
Carmignano Visitation (c. 1528–1530)
The Ten Thousand Martyrs (c. 1529–1530)
Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist (c. 1529–1536)
Portrait of a Halberdier (1530)
Venus and Cupid (c. 1533)
Expulsion from Paradise (c. 1535)
Madonna of the Book (c. 1540–1545)
Portrait of Monsignor Della Casa (c. 1541–1544)
Portrait of Maria Salviati (c. 1543–1544)

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