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An Allegory of Bologna

A work made of black chalk on ivory laid paper, partially laid down on ivory laid paper.
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  • A work made of black chalk on ivory laid paper, partially laid down on ivory laid paper.

Date:

1630/39

Artist:

Alessandro Algardi
Italian, 1598-1654

About this artwork

The coat-of-arms of Bologna is suspended in a fruit tree below which stand Mercury and Minerva; the river god Reno sits to the right with the town of Bologna behind him.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Alessandro Algardi

Title

An Allegory of Bologna

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

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1630–1639

Medium

Black chalk on ivory laid paper, partially laid down on ivory laid paper

Inscriptions

Inscribed verso, lower right, in pen and brown ink: "d'algardi"; verso, lower right, in pen and brown ink: "3"

Dimensions

36.5 × 50.5 cm (14 3/8 × 19 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1922.3479

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