Alexander slays Cleitus

Title

Alexander slays Cleitus

Draughtsman

• Simon Fokke

Part Number / Total

4 / 10

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• graphite
• Vergé paper

Technique

• brush drawing
• graphite drawing

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• design for an engraving

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert und bezeichnet unten rechts (mit dem Pinsel in Grau): S. Fokke [unleserlich] / Clytus door Alexander gedood.

Captions Added Later

Bezeichnet unten rechts: (mit Bleistift): pag. 297
Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration

Persons Shown

• Alexander III (king of Macedon)
• Cleitus

Primary

• 98B(ALEXANDER THE GREAT) (story of) Alexander the Great
• 41C5 celebration meal, feast, banquet
• 49L12 Roman script; scripts based on the Roman alphabet