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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.
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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