Lot 201: Alessandro Pieroni (Florence / Firenze c.

Alessandro Pieroni (Florence / Firenze c. 1550-1607 Livorno), circle of / cerchia Portrait of a young lady with a golden headband set with jewels / Ritratto di giovane nobildonna, oil on elaborately embossed leather / olio su cuoio bugnato, 30 x 24 cm, framed, (Wo) Provenance: Austrian private collection / collezione privata austriaca Alessandro Pieroni was a pupil of Alessandro Allori, called Bronzino. Pieroni collaborated in the fresco decoration in the Uffizi and portrayed Cosimo I of Medici. This touching portrait of an elegant young lady is a rare and precious example of the late Renaissance in Tuscany. Today, the local leather production still is a flourishing industry.