Alessandro Algardi
Italian, 1598-1654
An Allegory of Bologna
INV-3163
Alessandro Algardi
Italian, 1598-16541630/39
An Allegory of Bologna
Alessandro Algardi Italian, 1598-1654 →graphitedrawings (visual works)
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.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
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.
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