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Identification and Creation

Object Number
G102
People
Gérard Audran, French (1640 - 1703)
After Charles Le Brun, French (Paris 1619 - 1690 Paris)
Title
The Defeat of Darius at Arbela
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Battles of Alexander
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1674
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/276417

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 79 x 177.4 cm (31 1/8 x 69 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: left edge of sheet 1: [string of capital letters] 8
  • inscription: in plate; sheet two, to the right of the title: Goyton, in black dots
  • inscription: in plate; recto, sheet 4 after verses: Goyton, in black dots
  • inscription: in plate; sheet 4, recto, below image: Goyton, in reverse, in black dots and scratched out
  • inscription: in plate; sheet 4, recto, lower right : GOYTON, in black ink
  • inscription: in plate, sheet three, top, recto: IIX, in black dots
  • inscription: in plate, sheet 4, recto, top: XIIII, in black dots
  • collector's mark: Sheet 1, bottom of verso: shield with "D M F" over it in blue ink [Lugt 778, H. F. de la Motte-Fouquet]
  • collector's mark: Sheet 4, bottom of verso: shield with "D M F" over it in blue ink [Lugt 778, H. F. de la Motte-Fouquet]
  • collector's mark: sheet 1, verso: circle with "Dr. WA Pr" in black ink [Lugt 791, Dr. W. A. Ackermann]
  • collector's mark: sheet 2, verso: circle with "Dr. WA Pr" in black ink [Lugt 791, Dr. W. A. Ackermann]
  • collector's mark: sheet 3, verso: circle with "Dr. WA Pr" in black ink [Lugt 791, Dr. W. A. Ackermann]
  • collector's mark: sheet 4, verso: circle with "Dr. WA Pr" in black ink [Lugt 791, Dr. W. A. Ackermann]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Dr. Wilhelm August Ackermann, Lubeck and Dresden (Lugt 791), sold [through Weigel, Leipzig, June 25, 1844, lot 1547]. Heinrich Friedrich de la Motte-Fouquet, Cologne (Lugt 778), sold [through Hôtel du Dôme, Cologne, October 21 and 22, 1847, lot 166]. Francis Calley Gray, bequest; to William Gray (his nephew), 1856; gift; to Harvard University, 1857.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/iii
Standard Reference Number
M. 88b, IFF 66

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray
Object Number
G102
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Four sheets, unmatted, and unattached.

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2400 French/Italian/Spanish, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/10/2018 - 07/19/2018

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