Timotheus Playing the Lyre before Alexander and Thaïs in the Hall of the Palace at Persepolis

Pietro Fancellic. 1820

Details

Title: Timotheus Playing the Lyre before Alexander and Thaïs in the Hall of the Palace at Persepolis
Creator: Pietro Fancelli
Date Created: c. 1820
Physical Dimensions: overall: 56.1 x 78.5 cm (22 1/16 x 30 7/8 in.)
Provenance: La Sociéte Historique et Littéraire Polonaise, Paris (sale London, Christie's, 4 July 1972, lot 36); Seiferheld and Co., New York; William B. O'Neal [1907-1994], Charlottesville, VA, January, 1973; gift to NGA, 1991.
Medium: pen and brown ink with gray wash over black chalk and graphite, squared for transfer, on two joined sheets of wove paper

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