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An Allegory of Bologna
Inscriptions
Inscribed verso, lower right, in pen and brown ink: "d'algardi"; verso, lower right, in pen and brown ink: "3"
Provenance
Sold, Puttick & Simpson, London, Feb. 12, 1915 [stamp verso, lower right, and verso, center of mount, in purple] to William F. E. Gurley (1854–1943), Chicago [stamp (Lugt 5308), recto, lower center, in black]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago for the Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection, 1922 [stamp (Lugt 1230b), recto, lower right, and verso, center of mount, in black].
Exhibition history
Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, "Sculptors' Drawings Over Six Centuries," July 23-Sept. 20, 1981. Rome, Galleria Doria Pamphilj, "Alessandro Algardi, Lo Scultore e i suoi Committenti nella Roma del Seicento," Jan. 20-Apr. 30, 1999. Art Institute of Chicago, "Strokes of Genius: Italian Drawings from the Goldman Collection," Nov. 1, 2014-Feb. 1, 2015, hors cat.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Alessandro Algardi / Italian, 1598-1654
- Date
- 1630/39
- Medium
- Black chalk on ivory laid paper, partially laid down on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- 36.5 × 50.5 cm (14 3/8 × 19 15/16 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- graphite
- Place
- Italy
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Credit line
- The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
- Accession no.
- 1922.3479
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