Alexander weeping for Darius

Title

Alexander weeping for Darius

Draughtsman

• Simon Fokke

Part Number / Total

3 / 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 mittig (mit dem Pinsel in Grau): S. Fokke fec / Alexander bewient Darius.

Captions Added Later

Bezeichnet unten rechts (mit Bleistift): pag 268.

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• 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)
• Darius III (king of Persia)

Primary

• 98B(ALEXANDER THE GREAT) (story of) Alexander the Great
• 98B(ALEXANDER THE GREAT)5112 Alexander covers Darius' body with his own mantle
• 49L12 Roman script; scripts based on the Roman alphabet