Design for a Narrative Frieze:  A Commander Addressing His Troops
Object type: Drawing
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Alessandro Allori
Artist bio: Italian, Florence 1535–1607 Florence
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: 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)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Purchase, 1964
Accession year: 1964
Tags: Battles|Soldiers|Weapons|Horses