About the Artwork
Alexander Enters the Tent of Darius' Relatives Whom He Treats with Respect
between 1637 and 1714
After Charles Le Brun (Artist) French, 1619-1690 Sébastien Le Clerc (Artist) French, 1637-1714
Etching printed in black ink on laid paper
Plate: 5 1/2 × 6 3/4 inches (14 × 17.1 cm) Sheet: 6 1/4 × 7 1/2 inches (15.9 × 19.1 cm)
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Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S303.E
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Inscribed, in plate, lower left: IL EST D'UN ROY DE SE VAINCRE SOY MÊME | Alexandre ayant vaincu Darius pres d'Isse, entre | dans une tente ou êtoient la mere, la femme et les | filles de Darius, ou il donne un exemple singulier | de retenüe et de clemence. Inscribed, in plate, lower right: SUI VICTORIA INDICAT REGEM. | Alexander Dario ad Issum victo tabernaculum | Reginarum ingreditur ubi singulare clementiœ ac | continentiœ prœbet exemplum. Inscribed, in pencil, lower center margin: See Le Clerc catalogue
Provenance
September 1899, F. Meyer (Dresden, Germany);Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA);
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Sébastien Le Clerc; after Charles Le Brun, Alexander Enters the Tent of Darius' Relatives Whom He Treats with Respect, between 1637 and 1714, etching printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S303.E.
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