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The Workshop and the Shadow In the narrow streets of Florence, the young apprentice Jacopo di Giovanni di Francesco began his life in the studio of Andrea del Sarto. He stayed there, working alongside the master, until the end of 1521. There was a certain independence in his hand even then, a way of moving the brush that suggested he was not merely a follower. He moved through the circles of the city, finding himself among the craftsme

n and the men who shaped the visual life of the Florentine court, though he often found himself on the outside of the most significant commissions. His path was not a straight one. He moved between the city and the countryside, finding his way into the orbit of Pontormo. His drawings, which now sit in various museums, show a specific way of handling the human form. The figures often sit in unusual, almost strange positions, echoing th…