Renaissance ladies with ruffs that look itchy. Italian.Alessandro Allori, artist. Living from 1535 to 1607, he was a portrait painter of the late Mannerist Florentine school. Pupil of Agnolo Bronzino.

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Portrait of a Lady. ca. 1560.
Portrait of a Lady. ca. 1560. Oil on panel. Attributed to Alessandro Allori. Collection of the San Diego Museum of Art. Cc0 License 1.0. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_a_Lady_attributed_to_Alessandro_Allori,_San_Diego_Museum_of_Art.JPG
Portrait of Eleonora of Toledo (1522-1562), wife of Cosimo de Medici I, the first Duke of Florence. ca. 1570's.
Portrait of Eleonora of Toledo (1522-1562), wife of Cosimo de Medici I, the first Duke of Florence. ca. 1570’s. Collection of the Berlin Gemäldegalerie, Berlin. Image © 2019 Monuments Men Foundation. Fair use license. via https://www.monumentsmenfoundation.org/join-the-hunt/significant-restitutions/allori-eleonora-of-toledo
Portrait of a Lady in Black and White. ca. 1590-99.
Portrait of a Lady in Black and White. ca. 1590-99. Oil on poplar panel. Image © Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston. Fair use license. via https://www.gardnermuseum.org/experience/collection/12910
Portrait of Lucrezia de’ Medici. 1560. Attributed to Allori.
Portrait of Lucrezia de’ Medici. 1560. Attributed to Allori. Image © 2017 North Carolina Museum of Art. Fair use license. via https://learn.ncartmuseum.org/artwork/lucrezia-de-medici-1545-1561/
Portrait of Maria de’ Medici. ca. 1555.
Portrait of Maria de’ Medici. ca. 1555. In the public domain due to age. via https://aleyma.tumblr.com/post/1061548268/alessandro-allori-maria-de-medici-c1555

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