Alexander the Great Placing the Books of Homer in the Coffin of Darius – All Works – eMuseum

Marcantonio Raimondi

(Italian, born ca. 1470/1482, died ca. 1527/1554)

Alexander the Great Placing the Books of Homer in the Coffin of Darius, date unknown

Engraving on paper

Des Moines Art Center Permanent Collections; Purchased with funds from Rose F. Rosenfield, 1967.29

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Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines

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Exhibition History"Prints and Poetry" Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA

"Masterworks on Paper: Fifteenth to Nineteenth Centuries," Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa, October 10, 1998 - January 24, 1999

"Greek Mythology," Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa, September 2, 1997 - December 28, 1997

DimensionsSheet: 10 1/4 × 15 3/4 in. (26 × 40 cm)

Accession Number 1967.29

Classificationsprint

CopyrightPublic Domain

Inscriptionsstamped verso: A.F.D. (l/l) and purple collector's stamp insc verso: 9/3820 | SSX | 20F

Catalogue raisonnéBartsch 207

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