ALLORI, CRISTOFANO (1577-1621), Italian portrait painter of the Florentine school, was the son of ALESSANDRO ALLORI (1535—I 607), and was brought up and trained in art by his uncle, Angelo Bronzino (q.v.). Cristofano, who was born at Florence, received his first lessons in painting from his father, but becoming dissatisfied with the hard anatomical drawing and cold colouring of the latter he entered the studio of Gregorio Pagani (1558-1605), who was one of the leaders of that later Florentine school which endeavoured to unite the rich colouring of the Venetians with the correct drawing of Michelangelo's dis ciples. Allori became one of the foremost of that school. His technical skill is proved by the fact that several copies he made after Correggio have been taken to be duplicates by Correggio himself. The finest of all his works is his "Judith and Holofernes," in the Pitti Palace. The model for the Judith was his mistress, the beautiful Mazzafirra, who is also represented in his Magda lene; and the head of Holofernes is generally supposed to repre sent his own.