#alessandro allori

[granstromjulius]

Alessandro Allori

[history-of-fashion]

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

(Soumaya Museum)

[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

[from-a-spiders-web]

Portrait of a Lady in Black and White, ca. 1599 Alessandro Allori

[oldsardens]

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

[portraituresque]

Alessandro Allori - Self Portrait c1555

[carloskaplan]

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

[twobrothersatwork]

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

[weary-hearted-art]

Alessandro Allori, Christ at the house of Martha and Mary, 1605. Oil on poplar wood

[galleryofart]

The Body of Christ Anointed by Two Angels

Artist: Alessandro Allori  (1535–1607)

Date: c. 1593

Medium: Oil on Copper

Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

In this painting the angels are dressing the dead Jesus. The subject is Byzantine in origin and rare in Western art. The mattress, covered with red velvet is a stylized variant of the "red-stone" relic, formerly in the Byzantine Pantokrator church. According to an apocryphal legend, Christ was lying on this stone when the angels anointed him and covered him with the shroud. The legendary event, shown on the small painting on copper, is supplemented with a liturgical reference: on the altar in the background, we can see a chalice, symbolizing the mystery of the Eucharist.

[granstromjulius]

Alessandro Allori

[history-of-fashion]

16th century Alessandro Allori - Portrait of a Gentleman

(Astley Cheetham Art Gallery)

[artandthebible]

Christ at the Home of Mary and Martha

Artist: Alessandro Allori  (Italian, 1535–1607)

Genre: Religious Art

Date: 1605

Medium: Oil on Poplar Wood

Collection: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

Mary and Martha are often portrayed as being in conflict with one another during Christ’s visit to their home. Martha is traditionally depicted hurrying around preparing food and drink to make Christ comfortable while Mary sits at the feet of Christ learning. But in this painting by the Florentine artist Alessandro Allori, dated 1603, both women are attentive to Christ and are in harmony. Allori, a second-generation Mannerist who was known for his brilliant color palette, elegant profiles and elaborately stylized garments, identifies the roles of the women. Martha has a tray with glasses, ready to quench the thirst of Christ. She represents, in the history of interpretation, the vita activa. Mary, representing the vita contemplativa, is kneeling and leans toward Christ as she steadies herself on a book (presumably the Bible), emblematic of her studious devotion. St. Ambrose observed: “Virtue does not have a single form. In the example of Martha and Mary, there is added the busy devotion of the one and the pious attention of the other to the Word of God” (Exposition of the Gospel of Luke). Still, Christ gestures toward Mary, a reminder that Mary’s is “the better part,” because actions—even acts of Christian charity and hospitality—if they are to be sustained, follow being. What we do flows naturally from who we are.

Luke 10:38-42, New International Version "As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!” “Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, but few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”

[christliche-kunstwerke]

Opfer von Isaak von Alessandro Allori (1601, Öl auf Holz)

[oldsardens]

Alessandro Allori (After) - Judith with the head of Holofernes