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Identification and Creation

Object Number
R4043
People
Benoît Audran the Elder, French (1661 - 1721)
After Charles Le Brun, French (Paris 1619 - 1690 Paris)
Title
Passage of the Granicus
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Battles of Alexander
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
17th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, France, Paris
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/240506

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 29.5 x 52.9 cm (11 5/8 x 20 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: I. Audran [publisher]
  • legend: lower margin of plate, to left and right, printer's ink, engraving, French, Latin: moral message of subject, in French and Latin (followed by description of the subject}: LA VERTU SURMONTE TOUT OBSTACLE... / VIRTUS OMNI OBICE MAJOR...
  • inscription: lower margin, at bottom of plate, printer's ink, engraving, signed: publisher's signature: I. Audran

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
John Witt Randall, bequest to his sister.
Belinda Lull Randall, sister of John Witt Randall, gift to Harvard University, 1892.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
M. 61

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall
Object Number
R4043
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • A Kingdom of Images: French Prints in the Age of Louis XIV, 1660-1715, checklist, Getty Research Institute (Los Angeles, 2015), pp. 146-147, repr. as cat. 42 [not Harvard impression, related bibliography]

Verification Level

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