Alexander Setting Fire to Persepolis
Artist, German, 1725 - 1797

Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and brown ink with brown wash over graphite on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 24.5 x 18.7 cm (9 5/8 x 7 3/8 in.)
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Accession
1988.4.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Unidentified collector (S, not in Lugt); C.G. Matthes (Lugt 2871); (Eva Dencker-Winkler); purchased 1988 by NGA.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1987
Eva Dencker-Winkler, Zurich: Spring 1987, no.19.
1989
Kaufmann 1989, cat.no. 43.
Inscriptions
lower right in brown ink: An die Könige / I 20.; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: E Rode.; lower right verso in graphite: -TET-; vertical along right edge in graphite: COAA/NRR
Watermarks
partial fleur-de-lis
Wikidata ID
Q64537373