Study for a Painted Frieze

Provenance

Sold, Christie’s, London, 6 December 1988, "Old Master Drawings," lot 38. Sold, Christie’s, Rome, 19 November 1990, "Disegni Antichi e Miniature Indiane," lot 147. Sold by Nissman, Abromson, Ltd., Brookline, Mass., to the Art Institute, 1994.

Exhibition history

New York, Nissman, Abromson & Co., "Master Drawings, 16th-19th Century," 1994, cat. 13. The Art Institute of Chicago, "The Broad Spectrum: Color on Paper, Past and Present," September 12–October 31, 1999, hors. cat.

Publications

Simonetta Prosperi Valenti Rodinò, "Allegrini: Francesco o Flaminio?" Nuove ricerche in margine alla mostra 'Da Leonoardo a Rembrandt: Disegni della Biblioteca Reale di Torino:' Atti del Convegno Internazionale di Studi Vigni di Madama Reale (Turin, 1991), pp. 232-33 (ill.).

Quick Overview

Artist: Flaminio Allegrini / Italian, c. 1587-c. 1663
Date: 1625/27
Medium: Pen and brown and gray ink, with brush and brown wash and red chalk wash, with traces of lead white (partially discolored), on tan laid paper, laid down on cream laid card
Dimensions: 14.5 × 25.6 cm (5 3/4 × 10 1/8 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: ink or chalk wash
Place: Italy
Department: Prints and Drawings
Credit line: Sandra Grung Fund
Accession no.: 1994.98

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.