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Cristofano Allori
Italian Baroque Era Painter, 1577-1621
was an Italian portrait painter of the late Florentine Mannerist school. Allori was born at Florence and received his first lessons in painting from his father, Alessandro Allori, but becoming dissatisfied with the hard anatomical drawing and cold coloring of the latter, he entered the studio of Gregorio Pagani (1558-1605) who was one of the leaders of the late Florentine school, which sought to unite the rich coloring of the Venetians with the Florentine attention to drawing. Allori also appears to have worked under Cigoli. His pictures are distinguished by their close adherence to nature and the delicacy and technical perfection of their execution. His technical skill is shown by the fact that several copies he made of Correggio's works were thought to be duplicates by Correggio himself. His extreme fastidiousness limited the number of his works. Several specimens are to be seen at Florence and elsewhere. The finest of his works is his Judith with the Head of Holofernes. It exists in two copies in the Pitti Palace in Florence and in the Queen's Gallery in London.
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Painting ID:: 26773
Self-Portrait
mk52
1606-10
Oil on canvas
53.5x40.3cm
Uffizi,Florence
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Painting ID:: 26774
Judith and Holofernes
mk52
c.1610-12
Oil on canvas
139x116cm
Palazzo Pitti,Florence
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Painting ID:: 28952
St.John the Baptist in the Desert
mk65
Oil on canvas
69 11/16x62 5/8in
Pitti
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Painting ID:: 29955
Portrait of a Man in Black
mk67
Oil on canvas
21 11/16x12 5/8in
Pitti,Palatine Gallery
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Painting ID:: 29956
Judith with the Head of Holofernes
mk67
Oil on canvas
54 3/4x45 11/16in
Pitti,Palatine Gallery
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Cristofano Allori
Italian Baroque Era Painter, 1577-1621
was an Italian portrait painter of the late Florentine Mannerist school. Allori was born at Florence and received his first lessons in painting from his father, Alessandro Allori, but becoming dissatisfied with the hard anatomical drawing and cold coloring of the latter, he entered the studio of Gregorio Pagani (1558-1605) who was one of the leaders of the late Florentine school, which sought to unite the rich coloring of the Venetians with the Florentine attention to drawing. Allori also appears to have worked under Cigoli. His pictures are distinguished by their close adherence to nature and the delicacy and technical perfection of their execution. His technical skill is shown by the fact that several copies he made of Correggio's works were thought to be duplicates by Correggio himself. His extreme fastidiousness limited the number of his works. Several specimens are to be seen at Florence and elsewhere. The finest of his works is his Judith with the Head of Holofernes. It exists in two copies in the Pitti Palace in Florence and in the Queen's Gallery in London.
. Related Artists to Cristofano Allori: | Joshua Johnson | ANGELUCCIO | Jakob Emil Schindler | Charles Dixon | Fanny Palmer |
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