Madonna with the Infant Saint John the Baptist (Allegory of the Christian Church) by Alessandro Allori was created c.1600. The painting is in Hermitage Museum St. Petersburg. The size of the work is 131 x 115 cm and is made as an oil on canvas.
About the Artist: Italian portrait painter of the late Mannerist Florentine school Alessandro Allori was born in Florence. He trained in art by a close friend, the mannerist painter Agnolo Bronzino. Allori is the last of the line of prominent Florentine painters, of generally undiluted Tuscan artistic heritage. Subsequent generations in the city would be strongly influenced by the tide of Baroque styles pre-eminent in other parts of Italy… Read more
