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Amours of Alexander and Roxana

Amours of Alexander and Roxana, between 1500 and 1580

Guilio di Antonio Bonasone, Italian, 1498-1580

Engraving printed in black ink on laid paper

Image: 9 1/4 × 13 3/4 inches (23.5 × 34.9 cm) Sheet: 9 1/4 × 13 7/8 inches (23.5 × 35.2 cm)

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S168

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Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Engraving (printing process)

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Engraving (print)

Stamp, in red, verso: St. John Dent (Lugt 2373)

Inscribed, in plate, lower left of image: IVLIO BONASONO. | IN. VENTOR.

St. John Dent (London, England and Milton, Hampshire, England)

May 1886, Bangs sale. Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Guilio di Antonio Bonasone, Amours of Alexander and Roxana, between 1500 and 1580, engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S168.