After Cristofano Allori (1577-1621) Italian, Oil on Canvas "The Hospitality of Saint Julien". In the painting St. Julian is shown welcoming a young man, possibly a leper, who arrives by boat. The youth is helped by two other men to disembark. On the extreme right is Julian’s wife, who gives alms to the poor. Early 19th Century. Exceptional Early 19th Century Carved Gilt Figural Frame with carved faces into all four quadrants of the frame. Museum Quality. See image of restoration report from 2023. Paintings come from the collection of Bill Green and Michael Perez.  

This is made after the original painting which is now in the Pitti Palace in Florence, Italy. The Hospitality of St. Julian (also known as The Prodigal Son) served as a model for academic artists for centuries.

Overall Size: 71 x 57 in. 

Sight Size: 53 x 38 3/8 in. 

Thickness: 4 in. 

Cristofano Allori became one of the leading artists of the early Baroque in Florence. His earliest known works are portrait commissions of members of the Medici family, painted in the 1590’s and indebted to the example of the paintings of his father and of Bronzino. From 1605 until his death in 1621, Allori was one of the most successful painters in Florence, counting among his patrons the GrandDuke Cosimo II de’ Medici and other members of the Ducal court.