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The Battle of Arbela
The Battle of Gaugamela (The Battles of Alexander, Plate 2)
The Battle of Arbela
Benoît Audran I (Franco–Dutch or German, 1661–1721)
and: Jean Audran (French, 1667–1756)
After: Gérard Audran (French, 1640–1703)
After: Charles Le Brun (French, 1619–1690)
Published by: Benoît Audran I (Franco–Dutch or German, 1661–1721)
and: Jean Audran (French, 1667–1756)
After: Gérard Audran (French, 1640–1703)
After: Charles Le Brun (French, 1619–1690)
Published by: Benoît Audran I (Franco–Dutch or German, 1661–1721)
about 1690-1720
Medium/Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 29.2 × 60.4 cm (11 1/2 × 23 3/4 in.)(trimmed on the platemark)
Credit Line
Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund
Accession NumberP4731
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
IFF (Jean Audran) 071, ii/ii; Le Blanc (Benoît Audran)143
Marks
Verso, bottom left, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso, lower right, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)
ProvenanceHenry Foster Sewall (b. 1816-d. 1896; cf. Lugt 1309), New York; 1896, by inheritance to his son, Charles Sewall; 1897, sold by Charles Sewall to the MFA [see Note 1]. (Accession Date: October 21, 1897)