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1870.3

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Portrait of Geri della Rena

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Artist

Cristofano Allori (Florence, Italy, 1577 - 1621, Florence, Italy)

Title

Portrait of Geri della Rena

Creation Date

n.d.

Century

16th-17th century

Dimensions

20 1/4 in. x 15 1/2 in. (51.5 cm. x 39.4 cm.)

Object Type

painting

Creation Place

Europe, Italy

Medium and Support

oil on canvas

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. R. P. Manson

Copyright

Public Domain

Accession Number

1870.3

Two miniatures in the Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, also by Allori and his workshop, are based on this portrait and are identified as likenesses of Geri della Rena at age twenty-two. Traditionally this painting had been attributed to the Spanish court painter Diego Velazquez, then to Velazquez’s son-in-law. Its proper placing in the Florentine tradition was confirmed when the painting was included in a landmark exhibition on art in Florence of the seventeenth century at the Palazzo Pitti in 1986–1987. The disarming emotions on display in Allori’s portraits are understood as his major contribution to the genre.

Object Description

bust portrait of young man with slight moustache and while collar


Keywords: portraits   aristocrat   Baroque   chiaroscuro   man   Mannerism   marchese   nobility   Portrait   society portrait   three quarter view   young man