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Coenraad Lauwers, after Pietro da Cortona, Sisygambis kneeling before Alexander the Great

Photo courtesy of Tom St Aubyn (All rights reserved)

Details

Country House
Petworth House
Title(s)
Sisygambis kneeling before Alexander the Great
Date
c.1677
Medium and support
Etching and engraving
Artists
Coenraad Lauwers, after Pietro da Cortona
Catalogue Number
PT61

Description

After the lunette in the Sala di Venere of the Palazzo Pitti in Florence. From Heroicae virtutis imagines. Published in Rome

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