# Giovanni della Casa [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [PONTORMO, Jacopo]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Oil on panel, 102 x 79 cm ## Commentary This portrait represents Giovanni della Casa, who had the title of Florentine cleric and was in the city at various times between 1541 and 1544. He was one of the great literary personalities of his time. He was sent by Pope Paul III to Florence as emissary to Cosimo I de' Medici in January 1541. ## Related artworks - [Adam and Eve at Work]() - [Alessandro de' Medici in Profile]() - [Alessandro de' Medici]() - [Alessandro de' Medici]() - [Anatomical study]() - [Annunciation \(detail\)]() - [Annunciation \(detail\)]() - [Annunciation]() - [Birth Tray \(back\)]() - [Birth Tray \(front\)]() - [Christ before Pilate]() - [Christ the Judge with the Creation of Eve]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()