Christ in Glory with Angels and a Saint Kneeling in Adoration
c. 1650/1660
Medium
red chalk on light tan laid paper (artist’s correction for the figure of Christ, redrawn on an attached piece of laid paper)
Dimensions
sheet: 36.9 × 49.8 cm (14 1/2 × 19 5/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Jeffrey E. Horvitz
Accession Number
2021.53.1
About the Artist
Francesco Allegrini · 1615–1679
Francesco Allegrini (c. 1615/20–after 1679), born likely in Rome to the painter Flaminio Allegrini from Cantiano near Gubbio, emerged from a family of artists that included his sister, Anna Angelica Allegrini. He trained under Giuseppe Cesari, known as the Cavalier d’Arpino, around 1638–40, before entering the studio of Pietro da Cortona, whose dynamic Baroque style profoundly shaped his own. Elec...