#alessandro allori

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Alessandro Allori

[history-of-fashion]

1585 Alessandro Allori - Portrait of a girl with long chain of coral beads

(Soumaya Museum)

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Alessandro Allori

[royalty-nobility]

Lucrezia de’ Medici (1545–1561)

Artist: Alessandro Allori (Italian, 1535-1607)

Date: 1560

Medium: Oil on panel

Collection: North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC, United States

Biography

Lucrezia de' Medici (14 February 1545 – 21 April 1561) was a member of the House of Medici and by marriage Duchess consort of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio from 1558 to 1561.

Married to the intended husband of her elder sister Maria, who died young, her marriage was short and unhappy. The Duchess died of pulmonary tuberculosis, but almost immediately after her death there were rumors that she had been poisoned on the orders of her husband. That suspicion inspired the English poet Robert Browning to create a dramatic monologue in verse "My Last Duchess" (1842).

[artandthebible]

Christ In The House Of Martha And Mary

Artist: Alessandro Allori (Italian, 1535–1607)

Genre: Religious Art

Date: 1605

Medium: Oil Paint on Poplar Wood

Collection: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

Christ with Mary and Martha

Martha is a significant New Testament figure, a personal friend of Jesus, and someone with whom many women today identify. She lived in Bethany with her sister, Mary, and her brother, Lazarus, whom Jesus raised from the dead. We meet Martha three times in the Bible, and each event helps to build a profile of this interesting woman.

The Bible first mentions Martha in Luke 10. She is in her home in Bethany, a small town near Jerusalem, where she is hosting Jesus and the disciples. Jesus was well-known to Martha and her siblings; in fact, Jesus loved this little family (John 11:5).

On the day that Jesus visited, Martha’s desire was to be a good hostess - to serve the best meal with the best possible presentation, for Jesus’ sake. Her sister, Mary, however, was taking some time out to listen to Jesus (Luke 10:39). As Martha “was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made” (Luke 10:40), she became a little cross with Mary and spoke rather abruptly to the Lord: “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!” (verse 40).

In this foolish utterance, Martha implied that Jesus did not care about her, and she gave the Lord a command, demanding that He force Mary to assist in the serving. In her busyness, Martha had taken her eyes off the Savior. Jesus, who was able to see into her soul, diagnosed her problem: she was worried and troubled about the serving and had no peace in her heart. He gently told Martha that a simple dinner was more than adequate, and He reminded her that Mary’s decision to sit at His feet and hear His word was the better choice (verses 41–42).

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Lucrezia de’ Medici (1545–1561) (c. 1560), by Alessandro Allori (Italian, 1535–1607), oil on panel, 32 1/2 x 24 3/4 inches (82.6 x 62.9 centimeters), The North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh

[northemoonduringthenight]

Radiant and never-fading is Wisdom; she is easily discerned by those who love her and is found by those who search for her.

Wisdom 6:12

Artwork: Alessandro Allori, Madonna with the Infant Saint John the Baptist

[oldsardens]

Alessandro Allori and Workshop - Portrait of a Florentine noblewoman, bust-length

[history-of-fashion]

16th century Alessandro Allori - Portrait of a Gentleman

(Astley Cheetham Art Gallery)

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Alessandro Allori

[portraituresque]

Alessandro Allori - Self Portrait c1555

[carloskaplan]

Retrato de María de Medicis, atribuido a Alessandro Allori, 1555