Alessandro Fortori (16th-century) was an Italian painter of the

Mannerist Mannerism, which may also be known as Late Renaissance, is a style in European art that emerged in the later years of the Italian High Renaissance around 1520, spreading by about 1530 and lasting until about the end of the 16th century in Italy, ...

period. He was born in

Arezzo Arezzo ( , , ) , also ; ett, 𐌀𐌓𐌉𐌕𐌉𐌌, Aritim. is a city and ''comune'' in Italy and the capital of the province of the same name located in Tuscany. Arezzo is about southeast of Florence at an elevation of above sea level. ...

. He was one of the fellow painters from Arezzo, along with Bastiano Flori and Fra Salvatore Foschi, recruited to paint at sundry projects by Giorgio Vasari. Fortori painted For the church of San Francesco (1568) in

Citerna Citerna is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Perugia in the Italian region Umbria, located about 50 km northwest of Perugia. It has recently been noted for its beauty, as one of the winning villages in the 'Borghi più Belli d'I ...

and for the church of San Domenico (1569) in

Citta di Castello ''Citta'' (Pali and Sanskrit: चित्त; pronounced ''chitta''; IAST: ''citta)'' is one of three overlapping terms used in the '' nikaya'' to refer to the mind, the others being '' manas'' and '' viññāṇa''. Each is sometimes used i ...

.Indice-guida dei monumenti pagani e cristiani riguardanti l'istoria e l'arte nella provincia dell'Umbria
By Mariano Guardabassi, (1872) page 362.

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Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters People from Arezzo Mannerist painters Painters from Tuscany {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub