Study of a Tree Cristofano Allori 1610-1620

Study of a Tree
Cristofano Allori 1610-1620
From the collection of
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Details
Title: Study of a Tree
Creator: Cristofano Allori
Location: Italy
Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 10 7/8 x 8 5/8 in. (27.62 x 21.91 cm)
Medium: Red chalk
Object Classification: Drawings
Full Title: Study of a Tree
Curatorial Area: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Sondra Press and Dr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Friedman
Chronology: 17th century, 16th century
Artwork Accession Number: M.84.149

Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Los Angeles, United States

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Cristofano Allori
Oct 17, 1577 - Apr 1, 1621

Cristofano Allori 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, 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 examples are to be seen at Florence and elsewhere.
His most famous work, in his own day and now, is Judith with the Head of Holofernes. It exists in at least two versions by Allori, of which the prime version is perhaps that in the British Royal Collection, dated 1613, with various pentimenti.
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