
An Allegory of Bologna
Alessandro Algardi · 1630/39
Provenance
Ownership history
- Sold, Puttick & Simpson, London, Feb. 12, 1915 [stamp verso, lower right, and verso, center of mount, in purple] to William F. E. Gurley (1854–1943), Chicago [stamp (Lugt 5308), recto, lower center, in black]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago for the Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection, 1922 [stamp (Lugt 1230b), recto, lower right, and verso, center of mount, in black].
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, "Sculptors' Drawings Over Six Centuries," July 23-Sept. 20, 1981.
- Rome, Galleria Doria Pamphilj, "Alessandro Algardi, Lo Scultore e i suoi Committenti nella Roma del Seicento," Jan. 20-Apr. 30, 1999.
- Art Institute of Chicago, "Strokes of Genius: Italian Drawings from the Goldman Collection," Nov. 1, 2014-Feb. 1, 2015, hors cat.
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