Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Alessandro Allori (1535-1607) - Late Mannerism, Florence - III

Alessandro Allori
Vault Fresco
ca. 1560-64
Cappella Montauti
Basilica della Santissima Annunziata, Florence

Alessandro Allori
Adam and Eve
ca. 1560-64
vault fresco
Cappella Montauti
Basilica della Santissima Annunziata, Florence

Alessandro Allori
Jonah
ca. 1560-64
vault fresco
Cappella Montauti
Basilica della Santissima Annunziata, Florence

Alessandro Allori
The Annunciation
ca. 1560-64
vault fresco
Cappella Montauti
Basilica della Santissima Annunziata, Florence

Alessandro Allori
Eritrean Sibyl
ca. 1560-64
vault fresco
Cappella Montauti
Basilica della Santissima Annunziata, Florence

Alessandro Allori
The Flight into Egypt
ca. 1560-64
vault fresco
Cappella Montauti
Basilica della Santissima Annunziata, Florence

Alessandro Allori's fresco-work covering every available surface of the Montauti Chapel in Florence's Basilica della Santissima Annunziata, executed between 1560 and 1564.  The painter was in his late twenties at this time, and clearly in thrall to monumental models seen in Rome by both Michelangelo [as above] and Raphael [as below]. 

Alessandro Allori
Christ among the Doctors in the Temple
ca. 1560-64
wall fresco
Cappella Montauti
Basilica della Santissima Annunziata, Florence

Alessandro Allori
Christ among the Doctors in the Temple (detail)
ca. 1560-64
wall fresco
Cappella Montauti
Basilica della Santissima Annunziata, Florence

Alessandro Allori
Christ among the Doctors in the Temple (detail)
ca. 1560-64
wall fresco
Cappella Montauti
Basilica della Santissima Annunziata, Florence

Alessandro Allori
Christ among the Doctors in the Temple (detail)
ca. 1560-64
wall fresco
Cappella Montauti
Basilica della Santissima Annunziata, Florence

Alessandro Allori
Christ driving the Money Changers from the Temple
ca. 1560-64
wall fresco
Cappella Montauti
Basilica della Santissima Annunziata, Florence

Alessandro Allori
Christ driving the Money Changers from the Temple (detail)
ca. 1560-64
wall fresco
Cappella Montauti
Basilica della Santissima Annunziata, Florence

Alessandro Allori
Christ driving the Money Changers from the Temple (detail)
ca. 1560-64
wall fresco
Cappella Montauti
Basilica della Santissima Annunziata, Florence

Alessandro Allori
Christ driving the Money Changers from the Temple (detail)
ca. 1560-64
wall fresco
Cappella Montauti
Basilica della Santissima Annunziata, Florence