Alessandro Allori
(b Florence, 31 May 1535; d Florence, 22 Sept 1607).
After
the death of his father in 1540, he was adopted by Bronzino, a friend of his
father, and he trained in Bronzino’s workshop. From 1554 to 1560 Allori was in
Rome, where he studied antique statuary and the works of Michelangelo and became
known as a portrait painter. His first documented work on his return to Florence
was an altarpiece, heavily influenced by Michelangelo, depicting the Last
Judgement, painted in 1560 for the Montauti Chapel, SS Annunziata. Allori
became involved in a number of projects relating to Florence’s recently formed
(1563) Accademia del Disegno. These included preparation of the decorations for
the funeral of Michelangelo in 1564 and for the marriage the following year of
Duke Cosimo I de’ Medici’s son, Francesco (later Francesco I de’ Medici, Grand
Duke of Tuscany) to Joanna of Austria.
Portrait of a Noble Woman Oil on canvas, 106 x 76 cm Private collection
Portrait of a Young Man Oil on canvas transferred from wood, 117 x 87,5 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg
Portrait of a Woman 1570-90 Oil on copper, 37 x 27 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
The Abduction of Proserpine 1570
Charity 1560
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