Alexander und Hephaistion am Zelt der Sisygambis

Title

Alexander und Hephaistion am Zelt der Sisygambis

Draughtsman

• Simon Fokke

Part Number / Total

2 / 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 a room arrangement

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Bezeichnet unten mittig (mit dem Pinsel in Grau): Alexander en Ephestion in de Tento van Darius

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)
• Hephaestion
• Sisygambis (queen of Persia)

Primary

• 98B(ALEXANDER THE GREAT) (story of) Alexander the Great
• 98B(ALEXANDER THE GREAT)521 Darius' family kneels before Alexander, who requests Sisigambis, Darius' mother, to rise
• 49L12 Roman script; scripts based on the Roman alphabet