Frontispiece to the life of Alexander the Great, at left is Bellona and at right a female personification of abundance, the Coat of Arms of the Duke of Croy

Publisher Claes Jansz. Visscher Dutch
1608
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  • Title: Frontispiece to the life of Alexander the Great, at left is Bellona and at right a female personification of abundance, the Coat of Arms of the Duke of Croy
  • Artist: Antonio Tempesta (Italian, Florence 1555–1630 Rome)
  • Publisher: Claes Jansz. Visscher (Dutch, Amsterdam 1586–1652 Amsterdam)
  • Date: 1608
  • Medium: Etching; fifth state of five (Bartsch)
  • Dimensions: sheet: 9 1/16 x 11 7/16 in. (23 x 29 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Henry W. Kent, 1948
  • Object Number: 41.44.1641
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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