Live Auction 13731Brian Sewell - Critic & Collector
Cristofano Allori (Florence 1577-1621)
Lot 2

Cristofano Allori (Florence 1577-1621)

A man wearing a hat and a hooded cloak, seen from behind

Closed27 September 2016

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GBP 2,750

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Cristofano Allori (Florence 1577-1621)
A man wearing a hat and a hooded cloak, seen from behind
with inscriptions '15 Febbraio 1741 [?] […]/ Ritratto del Sig. Cristofano Bronzino/ fattori da se medesimo./ Ritratto di Cristofano Allori (recto); 'ii di [faded] Cristofano Bronzino' (verso) (on a piece of paper which has been separated from the drawing)
red chalk, unframed
11 x 7 1/8 in. (28 x 18.2 cm.)

Specialist note

According to the old inscription on a separate piece of paper this is a portrait of Cristofano Allori. Miles Chappell accepts the attribution to Allori, but we cannot be sure that it is a self-portrait of the artist.