Alexander and Thaïs Setting Fire to Persepolis

Ludovico Carracciprobably c. 1592

Details

Title: Alexander and Thaïs Setting Fire to Persepolis
Creator: Lodovico Carracci
Date Created: probably c. 1592
Physical Dimensions: overall: 21.1 x 14 cm (8 5/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Provenance: Sir Peter Lely (1618-1680)[Lugt 2092], London; probably William Gibson (died 1703; the notation on the verso similar to those found on other drawings from his collection); (Yvonne Tan Bunzl, London, by 1973); purchased by NGA, 1975.
Medium: pen and brown ink with brown wash and white heightening on paper washed orange-brown

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