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Il giudizio di Paride (1583)

Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) Il giudizio di Paride (The Judgement of Paris) 1583 Pen and ink on paper, 36.6 x 47.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York On his father’s death in 1540, the young Alessandro Allori was adopted by Bronzino…

Allegoria del trionfo di Venere (c.1545)

Bronzino (1503-1572) Allegoria del trionfo di Venere (An Allegory with Venus and Cupid) c.1545 Oil on wood, 146.1 x 116.2 cm National Gallery, London This is one of Bronzino’s most complex and enigmatic paintings. It contains a tangle of moral…