# Madonna and Child with Two Saints

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## Artwork

- Artist: [PONTORMO, Jacopo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pontormo-jacopo-ra6961de75119b6>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Oil on wood, 72 x 60 cm

## Commentary

Strong colour contrasts and calligraphic effects characterize this painting whose attribution to Pontormo is the object of some debate. Here, as in the Pucci Altarpiece, the harmony of the classical compositional structure is disrupted by the varied, diverging directions of the postures, expressions and gestures of the figures, most noticeably the nervously outstretched hand of St Francis.

## Related artworks

- [Adam and Eve at Work](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pontormo-jacopo-ra6961de75119b6/adam-and-eve-at-work-rab98fc2aab0650>)
- [Alessandro de&#39; Medici in Profile](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pontormo-jacopo-ra6961de75119b6/alessandro-de-medici-in-profile-r93f62213489731>)
- [Alessandro de&#39; Medici](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pontormo-jacopo-ra6961de75119b6/alessandro-de-medici-r3eacf97e2f79c6>)
- [Alessandro de&#39; Medici](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pontormo-jacopo-ra6961de75119b6/alessandro-de-medici-rfb6b0b463452a4>)
- [Anatomical study](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pontormo-jacopo-ra6961de75119b6/anatomical-study-r2368bc55b770e6>)
- [Annunciation \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pontormo-jacopo-ra6961de75119b6/annunciation-detail-r46328439c18f39>)
- [Annunciation \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pontormo-jacopo-ra6961de75119b6/annunciation-detail-r8f38c5b29bd6a6>)
- [Annunciation](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pontormo-jacopo-ra6961de75119b6/annunciation-r0af9e6c424aaa8>)
- [Birth Tray \(back\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pontormo-jacopo-ra6961de75119b6/birth-tray-back-r93cbc171193b2b>)
- [Birth Tray \(front\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pontormo-jacopo-ra6961de75119b6/birth-tray-front-rab31a04f10d7f1>)
- [Christ before Pilate](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pontormo-jacopo-ra6961de75119b6/christ-before-pilate-r0152c6b6ba5962>)
- [Christ the Judge with the Creation of Eve](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/pontormo-jacopo-ra6961de75119b6/christ-the-judge-with-the-creation-of-eve-r5a66a7ee92eb77>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)