ALESSANDRO ALLORI (FLORENCE 1535-1607)

Lot 110
04.12.2024 00:00UTC +00:00
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£ 50 000
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ID 1344872
Lot 110 | ALESSANDRO ALLORI (FLORENCE 1535-1607)
Estimate value
£ 50 000 – 70 000
ALESSANDRO ALLORI (FLORENCE 1535-1607)
Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness
signed '•A•A•F' (on the rock, lower centre)
oil on copper, oval
6 x 4 7/8 in. (15.2 x 12.5 cm.)




Provenance

(Probably) Francesco I de’Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1541-1587), Florence, 1579 (described in the artist’s account book: ‘…, e di più un Santo Giovanni in aovato piccolo scudi sette d’oro,…’).
with Frederick Mont, New York, circa 1980, from whom acquired by,
Private collection, New York, by 1982.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 30 October 2018, lot 6, where acquired by the present owner.



Literature

E. Pilliod, 'Alessandro Allori's "St. John the Baptist in the Wilderness" for Francesco I de' Medici', Studi di Storia dell'Arte, II, 1991, pp. 129-39.
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