DrawingsFrench17th-18th century

Entrance of Alexander into Babylon

17th-18th century

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Charles Le BrunArtist after

Charles de La FossePrevious attribution

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink, black chalk, and brown wash on tan antique laid paper, squared in black chalk, laid down on off-white card, framing lines in black ink

Culture

French

Century

17th-18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

37.9 x 53 cm (14 15/16 x 20 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Charles A. Loeser, Florence, Italy, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1932

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