An Allegory of Bologna
Alessandro Algardi
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.)
Classification
graphite
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
3163
Rights
Public Domain
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.