Wednesday, May 1, 2019

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

Alessandro Allori
Personifications of Fortitude, Prudence, Vigilance
(study for fresco, Villa Medicea di Poggio a Caiano)
1579
drawing
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Alessandro Allori
Design for Lunette
(study for fresco, Villa Medicea di Poggio a Caiano)
1579
drawing
Royal Collection, Great Britain

The two drawings above reflect Allori's planning for frescoes in the Villa Medicea di Poggio a Caiano (actual frescoes sampled in the just-previous post).  Several of the drawings below were also tied to specific projects, but others were produced in the studio for more general purposes of study. 

Alessandro Allori
Prudentia
ca. 1570-82
drawing
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Alessandro Allori
Figure of Time with Venus and Cupid
before 1607
drawing
Musée du Louvre

Alessandro Allori
Poet introduced to Mount Helicon
before 1607
drawing
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Alessandro Allori
Study of a Skull
ca. 1570
drawing
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

attributed to Alessandro Allori
Anatomical Studies of Bent Right Arm
before 1607
drawing
British Museum

attributed to Alessandro Allori
Three Anatomical Studies of the Foot
before 1607
drawing
Royal Collection, Great Britain

Alessandro Allori
Anatomical Figure Study
before 1607
drawing
National Galleries of Scotland

attributed to Alessandro Allori
Study of Crawling Male Nude
ca. 1552
drawing
Royal Collection, Great Britain

attributed to Alessandro Allori
Portrait of a Young Man
before 1607
drawing
British Museum

Alessandro Allori
Kneeling Woman - Drapery Study
before 1607
drawing
British Museum

Alessandro Allori
Kneeling Young Woman with Open Book
(study for Mary in the painting Christ in the House of Martha and Mary)
ca. 1580
drawing
British Museum

Alessandro Allori
Studies of a Man leaning on a Stool
before 1607
drawing
Harvard Art Museums

Alessandro Allori
Young Man carrying a Sheaf of Corn
before 1607
drawing
British Museum