Wednesday, May 1, 2019

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

Alessandro Allori
Stories of St Jerome
1577
vault fresco
Cappella Gaddi
Basilica di Santa Maria Novella, Florence

Alessandro Allori
Stories of St Jerome (detail)
1577
vault fresco
Cappella Gaddi
Basilica di Santa Maria Novella, Florence

Alessandro Allori
Stories of St Jerome (detail)
1577
vault fresco
Cappella Gaddi
Basilica di Santa Maria Novella, Florence

Alessandro Allori
Stories of St Jerome (detail)
1577
vault fresco
Cappella Gaddi
Basilica di Santa Maria Novella, Florence

Alessandro Allori
Stories of St Jerome (detail)
1577
vault fresco
Cappella Gaddi
Basilica di Santa Maria Novella, Florence

Alessandro Allori
Stories of Moses - Miracles in the Desert (detail)
ca. 1585-97
wall fresco
Refettorio
Basilica di Santa Maria Novella, Florence

Alessandro Allori
Stories of Moses - Miracles in the Desert (detail)
ca. 1585-97
wall fresco
Refettorio
Basilica di Santa Maria Novella, Florence

Alessandro Allori
Stories of Moses - Miracles in the Desert (detail)
ca. 1585-97
wall fresco
Refettorio
Basilica di Santa Maria Novella, Florence

Alessandro Allori
Stories of Moses - Miracles in the Desert (detail)
ca. 1585-97
wall fresco
Refettorio
Basilica di Santa Maria Novella, Florence

Alessandro Allori
Stories of Moses - Miracles in the Desert (detail)
ca. 1585-97
wall fresco
Refettorio
Basilica di Santa Maria Novella, Florence

Grouped here, samplings from large-scale fresco-projects undertaken by the mature Alessandro Allori for his Florentine patrons.  Above, scenes from two chambers in the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella, one a chapel ceiling with episodes from the life of St. Jerome, the other a refectory wall representing the Israelites under Moses provided with food and drink in the desert.  Below, sets of allegorical figures from the Salone of Leo X in the Medici villa at Poggio a Caiano, outside the city.

Alessandro Allori
Personification of Glory
ca. 1578-82
wall fresco
Salone of Pope Leo X de' Medici
Villa Medicea di Poggio a Caiano

Alessandro Allori
Personification of Honor
ca. 1578-82
wall fresco
Salone of Pope Leo X de' Medici
Villa Medicea di Poggio a Caiano

Alessandro Allori
Personification of Justice
ca. 1578-82
wall fresco
Salone of Pope Leo X de' Medici
Villa Medicea di Poggio a Caiano

Alessandro Allori
Garden of the Hesperides
ca. 1578-82
lunette fresco
Salone of Pope Leo X de' Medici
Villa Medicea di Poggio a Caiano

Alessandro Allori
Garden of the Hesperides - Figure of Hercules
ca. 1578-82
lunette fresco
Salone of Pope Leo X de' Medici
Villa Medicea di Poggio a Caiano

Alessandro Allori
Garden of the Hesperides - Personification of Fortune
ca. 1578-82
lunette fresco
Salone of Pope Leo X de' Medici
Villa Medicea di Poggio a Caiano