ID 1344872
Lot 110 | ALESSANDRO ALLORI (FLORENCE 1535-1607)
Estimate value
£ 50 000 – 70 000
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.
| Artist: | Alessandro Allori (1535 - 1607) |
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| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Alessandro Allori (1535 - 1607) |
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| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Address of auction |
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