PONTORMO

“Pontormo had some curious traits, and was so afraid of death that he did not even want to hear it discusses, and he fled form having any contact with dead bodies. He never went to festivals or to other places where people gathered together in order to avoid being caught in the crowd, and he was solitary beyond belief. On occasion when he went to work, he began to think so deeply about what he wanted to do that he would leave without having done anything else all that day except stand deep in thought. When he was resolute, as an experienced and worthy man, he had no difficulty in doing what he wanted or had decided to carry out.”