Title(s)

Slag bij Arbella

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-207.650

Catalogue reference

• Nagler/Meyer 36
• LeBlanc 85

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Description

De slag tussen de legers van Alexander de Grote en Darius bij Arbella.

Artist

• print maker: Pietro Aquila (mentioned on object)
• after drawing by: Pietro Aquila (mentioned on object)
• after painting by: Pietro da Cortona (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Giovanni Giacomo de'Rossi (mentioned on object)
• Pauselijk hof (mentioned on object)

Place

print maker: Italy
after drawing by: Italy
after painting by: Italy
publisher: Rome
Vaticaanstad

Dating

1660 - 1692

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 450 mm × width 920 mm

What

• the soldier; the soldier's life
• battle
• fighting
• warfare; military affairs (+ cavalry, horsemen)
• (story of) Alexander the Great
• (story of) Darius, king of Persia

Credit line

• On loan from the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten

Acquisition

loan

Copyright

Public domain

Parts

• Slag bij Arbella (linker deel) (RP-P-H-F-87)
• Slag bij Arbela (rechter deel) (RP-P-H-F-88)

• Allgemeines Künstler-Lexicon, dl. 2, p. 204, cat.nr. 36
• Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant un dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations : ouvrage destiné à faire suite au Manuel du libraire par J.Ch. Brunet, dl. 1, p. 54, cat.nr. 85