# Allegory of the Christian Church [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [ALLORI, Alessandro]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 131 x 115 cm ## Commentary Allegory of the Christian Church 1600-10 Oil on canvas, 131 x 115 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg It is not easy matter to identify the beautiful, golden-haired Florentine woman wreathed with flowers like Flora or Spring as the Christian Church, or the boy with the languishing satiated look as Christ, betrothing himself to her and rejecting the Synagogue. In the interpretation of Allori, a late Mannerist, the pious subject acquired a strong character of courtly romance. ## Related artworks - [Allegory of Human Life]() - [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 Woman]() - [Portrait of a Young Man]() - [Portrait of Bianca Cappello, Second Wife of Francesco I de' Medici]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()