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National Gallery of Art - THE COLLECTION
image of Alexander the Great
Workshop of Andrea del Verrocchio
Florentine 15th Century (sculptor)
Andrea del Verrocchio (related artist)
Italian, 1435 - 1488
Alexander the Great, c. 1483/1485
marble
overall: 55.9 x 36.7 cm (22 x 14 7/16 in.) framed: 88.9 x 71.8 x 8.6 cm (35 x 28 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.)
Gift of Therese K. Straus
1956.2.1
On View
From the Tour: Florentine Sculpture of the 15th Century
Object 6 of 8

1961Seligman, Germain. Merchants of Art: 1880-1960, Eighty Years of Professional Collecting. New York, 1961: repro. pl. 59.
1965Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 173, as by Verrocchio.
1968European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1968: 153, repro., as by Verrocchio.
1984Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 630, no. 980, repro.
1994Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 234, repro.
2003Gregori, Mina, ed. In the Light of Apollo: Italian Renaissance and Greece. Exh. cat. National Gallery and Alexandros Souzos Museum, Athens, 2003-2004: 192, fig. 10, as Profile of a warrior (Alexander the Great?) by Andrea del Verrocchio.

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