Alexander and Thaïs Setting Fire to Persepolis, probably c. 1592

Not on View

Medium

pen and brown ink with brown wash and white heightening on paper washed orange-brown

Dimensions

overall: 21.1 x 14 cm (8 5/16 x 5 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

William Nelson Cromwell Fund

Accession Number

1975.55.1

Artists / Makers

Lodovico Carracci (artist) Bolognese, 1555 - 1619

Image Use

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Inscription

probably by William Gibson, across top verso in brown ink: Anniball Carrazio .7.2.

Provenance

Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680)[Lugt 2092], London; probably William Gibson (died 1703; the notation on the verso similar to those found on other drawings from his collection); (Yvonne Tan Bunzl, London, by 1973); purchased by NGA, 1975.

Associated Names

Gibson, William
Lely, Peter, Sir
tan Bunzl, Yvonne, Ms.

Exhibition History

1975: Old Master Drawings and French Drawings of the 19th Century, Yvonne tan Bunzl, London, 1975, no. 5.

1982: Bolognese Drawings in North American Collections, National Gallery, Ottawa, 1982, no. 21 (Mimi Cazort and Catherine Johnston).

1984: Correggio and His Legacy, Sixteenth-Century Emilian Drawings, National Gallery, Washington and tour, 1984, no. 118 (Diane De Grazia).

1984: Correggio e il suo lascito, disegni del cinquecento emiliano, Palazzo della Pilotta, Parma, 1984, no. 118.

Bibliography

1973: "Notable Works of Art now on the Market," The Burlington Magazine, 115, no. 849, (December 1973): between pp. 842 and 843, plate XXV, ill.

1982: Bohn, Babette. "The Drawings of Ludovico Carracci," unpublished doctoral dissertation, Columbia University, 1982: 202, no. 57, and 203, under no. 58.