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Title	Charity
Artist	Alessandro Allori
Date	c. 1560
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G344

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

Charity

Alessandro Allori

c. 1560