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Alexander and the Family of Darius (or The Clemency of Scipio?)

(Flemish (active in Venice), about 1642–1680/82 or later)
(Italian (Venetian), 1528–1588)
about 1660–80
Medium/TechniquePen and brown ink with brush and brown wash on cream antique laid paper, squared for transfer in black chalk
DimensionsSheet: 21.6 x 28.1 cm (8 1/2 x 11 1/16 in.)
Credit LineBartlett Collection—Museum purchase with funds from the Francis Bartlett Donation of 1912
Accession number15.1263
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
ProvenancePaul Mathey (1844-1929, Paris, Lugt suppl. 2100b); purchased through Mr. Walter Gay (1856-1937, Boston artist), December 1915
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Landscape with Figures on a Road
Jan van de Velde II
early 17th century
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Pietro Novelli (Il Monrealese)
early 17th century