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Charity

Artist

Alessandro Allori

Date

c. 1560

Institution Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G344
Charity, Alessandro Allori
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Medium: Paintings, Painting | Oil on copper
Size: 9 x 7 1/4 in. (22.86 x 18.42 cm) (sheet)
Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Central Italy, Florence
Culture: Europe, Italy, Central Italy
Style: 16th century
Inscriptions: Marks on verso:(handwritten label) in center: [Bought at a sale of the Hartley collection, Cheltenham, 24 October 1876. This collection belonged to an old lady who went out of her mind and __, pictures __ were sold by order of Lord Chancellor Sanders (Eryall Sanders) said these pictures belonged to Miss Hartley since 1815. --picture by BronzinoCC BaillieCharlton KingsGloucestershire]UR: [Coat of arms / Colin Campbell Baillie / glenure / Charlton Kings / Cheltenham 1816]seal UC: [H]seal LC: [(deer with antlers)]MIA label UL: [L76.80 Shickman Gallery]label UL: [044293]label LC: [Exhibition of Works of Art Leeds 1868 / no. of case or van: 2023 / no. of object: 2024]label C: [Cheltenham: Hartley Collection (auction catalogue entry) 39: Charity: A female resting in a garden, a child is on her right, her arm thrown around him, his head playfully resting on it, another child on her left is climbing her knee; her face is turned toward a third boy above her shoulder, to whom she is holding up a bunch of grapes. On copper, signed: AL. AL It IS upon copperThis beautiful and highly finished cabinet picture was exhibited at the Leeds National Exhibition, 1868, See Official Catalogue, no. 277.]
Credit: Collection Minneapolis Institute of Arts; The Ethel Morrison Van Derlip Fund
Accession Number: 76.2
Artist: Alessandro Allori, Italian, 1535 - 1607
Role: Artist
Nationality: Italian
Life Dates: Italian, 1535 - 1607
Added to Site: February 28, 2009