Alexander de Grote en Diogenes, Pierre Brebiette, 1608 - 1650

Title(s)

Alexander de Grote en Diogenes

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1954-326

Catalogue reference

• IFF 17e siècle 204
• LeBlanc 128

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228
• collector's mark: Lugt 2760

Artist

• printmaker: Pierre Brebiette (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Pierre Brebiette (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Augustin Quesnel (I) (mentioned on object)

Place

Rome

Dating

1608 - 1650

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 123 mm × width 171 mm

What

• Alexander's visit to Diogenes, who sits by his barrel and asks Alexander to get out of his light
• (story of) Alexander the Great

Who

• Alexander de Grote
• Diogenes van Sinope

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds

Acquisition

purchase 1954

Copyright

Public domain

• Inventaire du fonds français, dl. 2, p. 131, cat.nr. 204
• Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant un dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations, Ch Leblanc, dl. 1, p. 513, cat.nr. 128