Cristofano Allori - Allori

Allori was born at Florence and received his first lessons in painting from his father, Alessandro Allori, but becoming dissatisfied with the hard anatomical drawing and cold colouring of the latter, he entered the studio of Gregorio Pagani, who was one of the leaders of the late Florentine school, which sought to unite the rich colouring of the Venetians with the Florentine attention to drawing. Allori also appears to have worked under Cigoli.