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ALLORI, ALESSANDRO (1535—1607)

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ALLORI, ALESSANDRO (1535—1607) , See also:Italian painter of the Florentine school, was brought up and trained in See also:art by his See also:uncle, Angelo See also:Bronzino (q.v.) whose name he sometimes assumed in his pictures. Visiting See also:Rome in his nineteenth See also:year, he carefully studied the See also:works of See also:Michelangelo; but the See also:influence of that See also:great See also:master can only be traced in the anatomical correctness of his See also:drawing of nude figures. He was successful as a portrait painter. His son CRISTOFANO ALLORI (1577-162I), See also:born at See also:Florence, received his first lessons in See also:painting from his See also:father, but becoming dissatisfied with the hard anatomical drawing and See also:cold colouring of the latter, he entered the studio of Gregorio Pagani (1558—1605) who was one of the leaders of that later Florentine school which endeavoured to unite the See also:rich colouring of the Venetians with the correct drawing of Michelangelo's disciples. Allori became one of the foremost of this school. His pictures are distinguished by their See also:close adherence to nature and the delicacy and technical perfection of their See also:execution. His technical skill is proved by the fact that several copies he made after See also:Correggio have been taken to be duplicates by Correggio himself. His extreme fastidiousness limited his See also:power of See also:production, though the number of his works is not so small as is sometimes asserted. Several specimens are to be seen at Florence and elsewhere. The finest of all his works is his " See also:Judith and Holofernes," in the Pitti See also:Palace. The See also:model for the Judith was his See also:mistress, the beautiful Mazzafirra, who is also represented in his Magdalene; and the See also:head of Holofernes is generally supposed to represent himself.

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