Not on display

Allegory over the coat of arm of the Chigi family

Pietro da Cortona ( - 1669), Circle of

Artist/Maker

Material / Technique

Black chalk, pen and point of the brush with brown ink, heightened with white on paper

Dimensionsh x w: Mått 24,5 x 17,5 cm

Inventory numberNMH 637/1863

AcqusitionTransferred 1866 from Kongl. Museum (Carl Gustaf Tessin)

Other titlesTitel (sv): Allegori över Chigifamiljens vapen Titel (en): Allegory over the coat of arm of the Chigi family Titel i inventariet (sv): Allegorisk bild med afseende å Påfvens vapen

DescriptionDescription: Allegory over the coat of arm of the Chigi family. Laid down. Inscribed at lower left in pen and black ink: Pierre Cortone and on the mount: Gregori Griff. To the left a women with a crown of thorns kneels with a cross on the ground in front of her and with the mounts of the Chigi crest in her arms. From the right a man with a wreath of laurel approaches with a streamer with a cross and the Chigi star in his hand. To the right a tree which occurs in the Chigi coat of arms as well. The years 1655-1667 Alessandro VII Chigi was pope. An attribution to Lazzaro Baldi has been suggested. [Bjurström, It. Drawings, cat. no. 678]

Collection

Geographical origin

Geogr. härkomst: Italy

MaterialPaper, Ink, Black chalk (Crayon)

TechniqueElevated, Drawing