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Some of the popular painters in the world who have created many of the world's brilliant paintings include Pablo Picasso, Vincent van Gogh, Jasper Johns, William De Kooning and Jacopo Da Carucci Pontormo. The Portrait of Duke Cosimo I De Medici is one of the brilliant creations of the artist Jacopa da Carucci Pontormo. The Portrait of Duke Cosimo I De Medici is also one of the expensive painting gift pieces that one can come across in the world.
About the painter
The Portrait of Duke Cosimo I de Medici was created by the artist, Jacopo Da Carucci Pontormo, in the year 1537. He was an Italian artist who also specialized in the making of portraits. The wonderful angles and twisted poses used by the artist in his paintings form one of the major features of his style of art.
The use of unnatural colors is also one of the amazing features of Jacopo Da Carucci Pontormo's paintings. The irrational thoughts of the artist is very much evident in all his paintings and the Portrait of Duke Cosimo I de Medici is not any different, in that respect.
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Some of the other popular works of the artist include Leda and the Swan, Holy Conversation, Episode of Hospital Life, Veronica and the Image and Portrait of Furrier.
About the painting
The Portrait of Duke of Cosimo I de Medici, created in the year 1537, is one of the greatest works of the artist, Jacopo Da Carucci Pontormo. The oil painting of Portrait of Duke of Cosimo I de Medici was made on a canvas of length 92 centimeters and width 72 centimeters. It is the portrait of Cosimo I de Medici who was the duke of Tuscany. The expression on the face of the duke of Tuscany has been wonderfully captured by the artist.
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Auction of the painting
The Portrait of Duke Cosimo I de Medici first went up for auction in 1989. The auction of the painting was held in Christie's in the American city of New York. It was sold to the Getty Museum for a price of US $35.2 million. The selling price of the painting made it one of the expensive paintings in the world.
The high price of the Portrait of Duke I de Medici makes it an ideal choice as one of the expensive painting gift pieces.
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