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Design for a Narrative Frieze: A Commander Addressing His Troops

Alessandro Allori

1535–1607

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brush and gray-brown wash, highlighted with a little white, over black chalk, on brownish paper. Framing lines in black chalk

Tags

BattlesSoldiersWeaponsHorses

Dimensions

6-5/16 x 15-1/2 in. (16.1 x 39.3 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1964

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Alessandro Allori

1535–1607 • Grand Duchy of TuscanyDuchy of Florence

Florentine painter who was the adopted son of Agnolo Bronzino. His Mannerist style was influenced by his father as well as Michelangelo. His masterpiece is considered to be 'The Pearl Fishers' (ca. 1570). Comment on works: Religious; Portraits

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