© Ashmolean Museum
Portrait of a Young Man
Artist: Alessandro Allori (1535 - 1607)
Location: Ashmolean Museum
Date: 1561
Materials: panel
Dimensions: 133 x 104 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £10,000 (Total: £84,775)
Vendor: Sotheby's
Review number: 3014 (1983)
Provenance:
Acquired by Baron Mayer Amschel de Rothschild (d.1874) whose collection passed to his daughter Hannah; hers by 1878; by descent; Sotheby's, 1977; Bradford Walker; Sotheby's, 1982.
Description:
Signed and dated 'AS.AL.B.P.F.M.D.L.XI.' with the date repeated in smaller letters above. Formerly attributed to Bronzino whose pupil the artist was. It is an expression of mid 16th century Florentine taste with the austere costume, the cameo, statuette of Apollo, decorated furniture and an incongruous nude in the background - a general air of refinement, sophistication and aristocratic hauteur.
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