Grey Matters
Jacopo Carrucci, known as Pontormo (Pontormo 1494–1557 Florence)
Adam and Eve, ca. 1515
oil on canvas
18 1/8 x 14 inches
46 x 35.5 cm
Installation view of Grey Matters at Nicholas Hall, 2021
Left wall: Adam and Eve; red wall left to right: Striding Nude with Arms Raised; A Standing Figure of a Young Boy, all works by Jacopo da Pontormo.
Inscriptions, in black ink: on the back of the stretcher, at top, ‘D JACOPO DA PPONTORMO,’ ‘n°: 4,’ ‘33’ (in reverse, or ‘ee’) on the stretcher and frame; and ‘26’ on the back of the canvas
Private collection, France, 1920s
by descent, private collection, France
Private collection, United States
David Franklin, “A newly discovered painting of Adam and Eve by Pontormo”, The Burlington Magazine, 162, September 2020, pp. 779-781, reproduced (before cleaning).
To be included in the forthcoming addendum to the catalogue raisonné of Jacopo Pontormo by Philippe Costamagna.