ALLORI, Alessandro
(b. 1535, Firenze, d. 1607, Firenze)

Portrait of Tommaso de' Bardi

1558-60
Oil on panel, 105 x 83 cm
Private collection

The portrait represents Tommaso de' Bardi, a Florentine exile in Rome, half length, in a black doublet and hose with a statue of Fame.

At nineteen Allori moved to Rome, where he was for two years, studying the ancient statues and the works of Michelangelo. At the same time he did many portraits among them that of Tommaso de' Bardi and of his wife Ortensia Montauti.