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Portrait of a young Man

Image credit: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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The young collector holds a medal showing a profile head of a woman in classical costume. His arm rests on an ornate chair with carved and inlaid decoration. A replica of the antique statue of Apollo Citharoedos stands on the elaborate table; the original was in the della Valle collection in Rome in 1561. Different identifications have been proposed for the aristocratic sitter, including that of Paolo Capranica, related to the Della Valle family, or a member of the Palma di Cesnola family, because their motto 'Oppraesa Resurgam' appears on a scroll across a palm tree in the table inlay. The view of an imaginary landscape with a classically-draped figure leaning on a mannerist balcony gives the portrait an enigmatic air. Allori was a pupil of Bronzino and shares his ideal of polished refinement in portraiture.

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Oxford

Title

Portrait of a young Man

Date

post 1560

Medium

oil on panel

Measurements

H 133 x W 104 cm

Accession number

WA1982.38

Acquisition method

Purchased with the assistance of the Victoria and Albert Museum Purchase Grant Fund and the Art Fund, 1982

Work type

Painting

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Beaumont Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 2PH England

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