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Alessandro Allori was a Florentine painter, the pupil and adopted son of Agnolo Bronzino. An early visit to Rome added the influence of the late Michelangelo paintings to his Mannerist style. Allori combined nude figures obviously drawn from Michelangelo with svelteness and enamel coloring. In many ways, Allori was the last of the line of prominent Florentine painters with Tuscan artistic heritage. Andrea del Sarto worked with Fra Bartolomeo and Leonardo Da Vinci. Pontormo worked under Andrea, and trained Bronzino, who trained Allori. Subsequent generations in the city would be strongly influenced by the Baroque styles pre-eminent in other parts of Italy. Allori was one of the last notable exponents of Mannerism, painting in a style that had become outmoded by the time of his death. His son Cristofano was one of the leading Florentine painters of his period, working in a style that was more naturalistic and Baroque than that of his father. He is remembered primarily for one work, "Judith with the Head of Holofernes", in which his femme fatale mistress is portrayed as Judith and he has depicted his own features in Holofernes' severed head. In the 18th and 19th centuries it was one of the most famous paintings in Italy. We invite you to read and save any images on our site. When you have time, please visit our Vintage Shop Bibliography: Sixteenth Century Italian Schools, Cecil Gould, 1989 |
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