print
- Museum number
- 1842,0806.173.a-b
- Title
- Object: Il est d'un Roy de se vaincre soi-même
- Description
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Alexander the Great, accompanied by Hephaestion, meets Stateira, Sisygambis and the rest of Darius's family, gathered under a tent; printed from two separate plates, on two separate sheets, with printer's name on both plates. 1661
Engraving with some etching
- Production date
- 1661
- Dimensions
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Height: 693 millimetres (left plate)
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Height: 694 millimetres (right plate)
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Width: 419 millimetres
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Width: 529 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- After a painting by Le Brun, 1661, now in the Musée du Château, Versailles (MV 6165).
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1842
- Acquisition notes
- 1842,0806.1 to 321 were all purchased from W & G Smith, who had acquired the collection of Joseph Harding, from whom they all came. The acquisition was recommended to the Trustees by Josi on 31 March and 29 April 1841, but only purchased in 1842.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1842,0806.173.a-b