Harvard Art Museums > G104: Triumphal Entry of Alexander into Babylon Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Triumphal Entry of Alexander into Babylon (Gérard Audran)(After Charles Le Brun) , G104,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 19, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/276867. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number G104 People Gérard Audran, French (1640 - 1703) After Charles Le Brun, French (Paris 1619 - 1690 Paris) Title Triumphal Entry of Alexander into Babylon Other Titles Series/Book Title: Battles of Alexander Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1675 Culture French Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/276867 Physical Descriptions Technique Etching and engraving Dimensions plate: 72 x 93.4 cm (28 3/8 x 36 3/4 in.) sheet: 79.9 x 97.6 cm (31 7/16 x 38 7/16 in.) left sheet: 79.6 x 46.5 cm (31 5/16 x 18 5/16 in.) right sheet: 78.9 x 52.2 cm (31 1/16 x 20 9/16 in.) right plate: 71.9 x 71.5 cm (28 5/16 x 28 1/8 in.) left plate: 71.5 x 44.5 cm (28 1/8 x 17 1/2 in.) Inscriptions and Marks collector's mark: left sheet bottom of verso: shield with "D M F" over it in blue ink [Lugt 778, H. F. de la Motte-Fouquet] collector's mark: right sheet verso bottom: shield with "D M F" over it, in blue ink [Lugt 778, H. F. de la Motte-Fouquet] collector's mark: left sheet verso, bottom: circle with "Dr. WA Pr" in black ink [Lugt 791, Dr. W. A. Ackermann] collector's mark: right sheet verso bottom: circle with "Dr. WA Pr" in black ink [Lugt 791, Dr. W. A. Ackermann] collector's mark: right sheet, center of page: Gray Collection stamp in gray ink; handwritten "104" in graphite inscription: recto, left plate, text as part of plate: AINSY PAR LA VERTV SELEVENT LEST HEROS./ Entreé Triomphante d’Alexandre dans Babilone au milieu des concerts de/ musique et dans acclamations du Peuple./ Gravé par Ger. Audran sur le tableau de Mr. le Brun premier Pintre du Roy ce tableau est dans le Cabinet de sa M.té il a 16 piedz de hault sur 21 pi. 5 par. de long. In black ink. inscription: left sheet, recto, next to printed inscription: dotted in black ink: Goyton inscription: recto, lower right, as part of plate: SIC VIRTVS EVEHIT ARDENS./ Alexander Babilonem sibi deditam triumphali curru sublimis inter/ ciuium acclamations, et concentus ingreditur / aeri luicius per ger. Audram ex tabula Car. Le Brun Reg. Pictor. Primaris asseruatâ in Pinacothecâ Regiâ 16 pedes alta et 21 p. et 5 poll lata. In black ink. (not assigned): right sheet, next to inscription: dotted in black ink: Goyton (not assigned): right sheet, top, verso: dotted in black ink: XIIII (not assigned): left sheet, recto, top: dotted in black ink: XII 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 d]. Francis Calley Gray, bequest; to William Gray (his nephew), 1856; gift; to Harvard University, 1857. State, Edition, Standard Reference Number State ii Standard Reference Number M. 88c Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of William Gray from the collection of Francis Calley Gray Object Number G104 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Print is made from two overlapping sheets. Publication History A Kingdom of Images: French Prints in the Age of Louis XIV, 1660-1715, checklist, Getty Research Institute (Los Angeles, 2015), pp. 66-67, repr. as cat. 6 [not Harvard impression, related bibliography] Ilona Katzew, Painted in Mexico, 1700-1790: Pinxit Mexici, exh. cat., Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles, 2017), cat. no. 44-46 [not Harvard impression] Exhibition History Painted in Mexico, 1700-1790: Pinxit Mexici, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 04/24/2018 - 07/22/2018 Related Works R897NA Gérard Audran Triumphal Entry of Alexander into Babylon Prints G106 Gérard Audran The Triumphal Entry of Constantine into Rome Prints G101 Gérard Audran Passage of the Granicus Prints G103 Gérard Audran Porus Brought before Alexander Prints G102 Gérard Audran The Defeat of Darius at Arbela Prints G105 Gérard Audran Battle of Constantine and Maxentius Prints 1932.344 Unidentified Artist Entrance of Alexander into Babylon Drawings Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. 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