# Studies of Maria Salviati [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [PONTORMO, Jacopo]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Red chalk, 265 x 188 mm ## Commentary Studies of Maria Salviati c. 1543 Red chalk, 265 x 188 mm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence In this drawing for the <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/p/pontormo/3/14salvia.html'\)" href="/html/p/pontormo/3/14salvia.html">Portrait of Maria Salviati,</a> the mother of Cosimo I de' Medici, Pontormo shows Salviati with an aged face, suggesting that it was made toward the end of her life. In the painting, the sagging flesh around the eyes and mouth has been smoothed. ## 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]()