Orlando and the Thieves
Francesco Allegrini
1601 to 1650
Medium
pen and brown ink on laid paper
Dimensions
overall: 9.4 x 13 cm (3 11/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Benjamin and Lillian Hertzberg
Accession Number
2004.140.1
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...