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Sodoma. Alexander's Vermählung mit Roxane. Farnesina (Main View)

Gustavo Reiger

The J. Paul Getty Museum

The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States

Photograph of a sketch or an engraving after a fresco depicting the marriage of Alexander the Great and Roxane by the painter, Sodoma, in the Villa Farnesina. It depicts Roxane as a partially nude female figure, seated on the edge of a four-poster bed, with Alexander standing before her, presenting her with a crown. Various figures surround the couple, including a number of winged putti.

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  • Title: Sodoma. Alexander's Vermählung mit Roxane. Farnesina (Main View)
  • Creator: Gustavo Reiger
  • Date Created: 1859
  • Location Created: Rome, Italy
  • Physical Dimensions: 17.3 × 30.4 cm (6 13/16 × 11 15/16 in.)
  • Type: Print
  • External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
  • Medium: Albumen silver print
  • Terms of Use: Open Content
  • Number: 84.XO.251.3.136
  • Culture: Italian
  • Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
  • Creator Display Name: Gustavo Reiger (Italian, active Rome, Italy 1860s)
  • Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)
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