Alexander Granting Clemency to Darius and His Family

Gérard Edelinck (French, 1640–1707)
After: Charles Le Brun (French, 1619–1690)

about 1670-1680

Medium/Technique Etching and engraving

Dimensions Sheet: 68.2 × 90.9 cm (26 7/8 × 35 13/16 in.)(two sheets of paper, joined at the center; trimmed within the platemark)

Credit Line Gift of George Washington Wales

Accession Number82.315

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Robert-Dumesnil 042, ii/vi; IFF 57; Le Blanc 39, ii/vi; Wurzbach 42

Marks Verso of backing sheet, center, stamped in blue ink, the mark of the MFA Wales Collection (Lugt 2544)

Provenance1882, gift of George Washington Wales (b. 1815 - d. 1896), Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 13, 2019)