print
- Museum number
- 1955,1109.9
- Title
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Object: Timoclée justifiée par Alexandre
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Series: Recueil d'estampes d'après les plus beaux tableaux et d'après les plus beaux desseins qui sont en France
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Series: Recueil Crozat
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Series: Cabinet Crozat
- Description
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Alexander the Great freeing Timoclea; the ruler sits at centre and points to the left, where Timoclea is seen standing; soldiers observing on either side; after a drawing formerly attributed to Perino del Vaga, and now to Taddeo Zuccaro. c.1729/40
Chiaroscuro woodcut, printed in ochre from three blocks, on etched lines
- Production date
- 1729-1740 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 232 millimetres (cut)
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Width: 342 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- From the 'Cabinet Crozat' set; see 1907,1121.14 for comment.
For later edition with aquatint replacing the chiaroscuro, see 1855,0609.147.
The original drawing is in the Albertina museum, Vienna (Inv. 449), where it is catalogued as a work by Taddeo Zuccaro
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1953
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1955,1109.9