Art, literature & history
Design for a Narrative Frieze: A Commander Addressing His Troops
1535–1607
- Dating
- Date range
- 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
- Dimensions
- 6-5/16 x 15-1/2 in. (16.1 x 39.3 cm)
- Collection no.
- 64.197.2
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Alessandro Allori. Design for a Narrative Frieze: A Commander Addressing His Troops. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
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. Dimensions: 6-5/16 x 15-1/2 in. (16.1 x 39.3 cm).
Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Credit line: Purchase, 1964.
This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.