Description
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.
Provenance
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].
Accession Number
3163
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
Credit Line
The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection