Alexander und die Familie des Darius (?), ca. 1748

Title

Alexander und die Familie des Darius (?)

Draughtsman

• Gaspare Diziani

Part Number / Total

120 / 126

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• red chalk
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• red chalk drawing

Geographic Reference

• Venetian

Production Reason

• composition study
• wall painting design

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet mit der zugehörigen Inventarnummer (mit Bleistift)

Watermark

• AS

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1907

Genre

• historical narration
• portrayal of a historical event

Persons Shown

• Alexander III (king of Macedon)

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Quintus Curtius Rufus

Illustrated Passage

• Quintus Curtius Rufus: Historiae Alexandri Magni, 3, 11-12

Primary

• 98B(ALEXANDER THE GREAT)521 Darius' family kneels before Alexander, who requests Sisigambis, Darius' mother, to rise

Secondary

• 31A25212 arms crossed over the breast
• 31A2331 kneeling on both knees
• 45B(+6) the soldier; the soldier's life (+ weapons)
• 48C161 column, pillar ~ architecture

Alternative Attribution

• Giuseppe Diziani draughtsman; by note on mount

Historic Attribution

• Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini draughtsman
• Venetian, 18th century draughtsman