ALLORI, CRISTOFORO (CRISTOFANO). — Painter, son of Alessandro, b. in Florence on 17 October 1577, d. there in 1621. He was a pupil of his father, from whom he inherited the nickname Bronzino; he later followed Cigoli and Bolognese eclecticism. His Judith, now in the Pitti Gallery, remained his most celebrated work. Among his other works preserved in the same collection are: St. John in the Desert; St. Francis; The Hospitality of St. Giuliano; The Adoration of the Magi; The Seated Magdalene and The Reclining Magdalene (after Correggio). Also noteworthy are the Madonna in Glory and Saints in Pisa Cathedral; and The Apparition of the Virgin to St. Dominic in S. Domenico at Pistoia.
BIBL.: H. Koritzer, C. A., Dissertation der Universität Leipzig, Lipsia 1928. Vincenzo Golzio