# Portrait of a Woman [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [ALLORI, Alessandro]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Oil on copper, 37 x 27 cm ## Commentary What strikes us in this portrait is the convincing compromise between the formal purity acquired from Bronzino, the predilection for enlarged forms drawn from Michelangelo, and the balanced, rhythmic spatial models of Raphael, for Allori was a truly skilled alchemist in combining these various influences in a dignified way. The lady portrayed is certainly Bianca Cappello, already painted by Allori in a fresco which now hangs in the Tribune of the Uffizi. On the back of the portrait is an allegorical scene, the Dream of Human Life. ## Related artworks - [Allegory of Human Life]() - [Allegory of the Christian Church]() - [Annunciation]() - [Fresco decoration \(detail\)]() - [Fresco decoration \(detail\)]() - [Lunette fresco \(detail\)]() - [Most Holy Trinity]() - [Pearl Fishers]() - [Plan for the decoration]() - [Portrait of a Noble Woman]() - [Portrait of a Young Man]() - [Portrait of Bianca Cappello, Second Wife of Francesco I de' Medici]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()