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Domenico del Barbiere after Francesco Primaticcio

The Banquet of Alexander the Great, 1544/46

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Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 24.8 x 37 cm (9 3/4 x 14 9/16 in.)

sheet: 25.2 x 37.4 cm (9 15/16 x 14 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Accession Number

1999.103.1

Artists / Makers

Domenico del Barbiere (artist) Italian, c. 1506 - probably 1565/1575

Francesco Primaticcio (artist after) Italian, 1504 - 1570

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Inscription

lower left in plate: DOMENICO / FIORENTINO; lower right in plate: A.FONTANA.BELO.BOL

Provenance

(Paul Prouté S. A., Paris); purchased 1999 by NGA.

Associated Names

Prouté, S.A., Paul

Bibliography

1802: Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821.

1969: Zerner, Henri. Ecole de Fontainebleau, gravures.Paris: Arts et Metiers Graphiques, 1969. English ed. The School of Fontainebleau, etchings and engravings. London: Thames and Hudson, 1969.

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