1870.3
Portrait of Geri della Rena
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