«alessandro allori, nicknamed bronzino after his teacher and adoptive father agnolo (and often confused with him), was one of the most famous artists in florence during the sixteenth century. Trained in the workshop of agnolo di cosimo, where he perfected his skills in drawing and the study of human anatomy, allori completed his apprenticeship in rome, remaining strongly influenced by the style of the great masters of mannerism. After his return to florence, the artist was appointed official painter at the medici court and, in order to respond to the ever-increasing number of commissions, he opened his own workshop. In fact, the work presented here must probably be traced back to the circle of alessandro allori's students: a young woman, portrayed in three-quarters, turns her gaze towards the viewer. The white complexion, the rich dress and the precious jewels with pearls that adorn her head indicate that she is a gentlewoman belonging to the florentine aristocracy, although unfortunately her identity is not known. The position of the figure and the attention both to the meticulous description of the details and to the naturalistic rendering of the subject, are elements that highlight how this portrait has close analogies with the works of the same subject created by allori in the early 1570s and which therefore make plausible the possibility that it is a painting executed inside the great master's workshop by one of his close collaborators. » [1]. Object Type: painting. Genre: portrait. Date: between 1570 and 1575. Place of creation: Florence. Dimensions: height: 57 cm (22.4 in) ; width: 42 cm (16.5 in). Medium: oil on panel. Collection: Unidentified location. Alessandro Allori - Ritratto di nobildonna con garofano rosso
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