The Holy Family with Two Angels, 1598?1654, Black chalk on off-white laid paper; framing outline in pen and dark brown ink; glued onto a secondary paper support, 10-3/16 x 7-13/16 in. (25. 9 x 19. 8 cm), Drawings, Alessandro Algardi (Italian, Bologna 1598?1654 Rome), Trained in Bologna in the 'Accademia degli Incaminati' founded by the Carracci, Algardi moved in 1625 to Rome, where he spent the rest of his life, excelling in relief and portrait sculpture. This drawing was surely a model for a relief sculpture or a metal plaquette: the handling of the silvery black chalk is vigorous and sculptural, and the high shine of the figures corresponds to the polish of a bronze relief