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Alexander Entering Babylon

n.d.
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Object Information
  • Title: Alexander Entering Babylon
  • Artist: Sébastien Leclerc I (French, Metz 1637–1714 Paris)
  • Date: n.d.
  • Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash over red chalk. Several corrections on separate pieces of paper, pasted onto original sheet.
  • Dimensions: 8 13/16 x 14 7/16 in. (22.4 x 36.7 cm.)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1961
  • Object Number: 61.130.3
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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