ID 773394
Lot 13 | ALESSANDRO ALLORI (FLORENCE 1535-1607)
Estimate value
$ 500 000 – 700 000
Noli me tangere
signed, dated and inscribed 'NEL.A.M.D.99 / ALESSANDRO BRONZINO / ALLORI DIPINGEVA' (lower center)
oil on panel
24 1⁄4 x 19 1⁄4 in. (61.5 x 48.8 cm.)
Provenance
Palazzo Borghese, Rome, by 1872; sale, Giacomini & Campobachi, Rome, 7 April 1892, lot 666, as 'Bronzino'.
Giuseppe Volpi, Conte Volpi di Misurata (1877-1947), Rome, by 1929, and by descent to,
Giovanni Volpi, Conte Volpi di Misurata; his sale, Laurin & Gillaux, Palazzo Volpi, Rome, 11 October 1972, lot 109, as 'Attributed to Alessandri Allori'.
with Trinity Fine Art, London, 2004, where acquired by a private collector, and by whom sold,
[Property Sold to Benefit the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine]; Christie's, New York, 28 January 2014, lot 173, where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
J. Meyer, Allgemeines Künstler-Lexicon, I, Leipzig, 1872, p. 506.
C. Gamba, 'A proposito di Alessandro Allori e di un suo ritratto', Dalla Rivista del Reale Istituto d'archeologia e storia dell'arte, I, 1929, pp. 274-275, fig. 9, as dated 1590.
A. Venturi, Storia dell'arte italiana, VI, Milan, 1933, pp. 108-109, fig. 70.
L. Berti, 'Note brevi su inediti toscani', Bollettino d'Arte, XXXVIII, no. 2, 1953, p. 280, as dated 1590.
S.L. Giovannoni, Alessandro Allori, Turin, 1991, pp. p. 274, under no. 116; 274-275, no. 117; p. 289, under no. 152, as dated 1590.
Exhibited
London, Trinity Fine Arts, 23 June-9 July 2004, no. 1.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2012-2013, on loan.
| Artist: | Alessandro Allori (1535 - 1607) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on panel |
| Art style: | Baroque, Renaissance, Old Masters |
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Alessandro Allori (1535 - 1607) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on panel |
| Art style: | Baroque, Renaissance, Old Masters |
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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