Skip to Main Content

Admission is always free

Open today: 10:00 to 5:00

Directions Play Artle

Home>Collection>Alexander at the Tomb of Cyrus

1 / 1

download image
This image is in the public domain. You can copy, modify and distribute this image, even for commercial purposes. Learn more about our image policies.

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione

Alexander at the Tomb of Cyrus, 1645/1650

Not on View

Medium

oil heightened with white on laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 58 x 42.9 cm (22 13/16 x 16 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund and Edward E. MacCrone Fund

Accession Number

1981.10.1

Artists / Makers

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione (artist) Italian, 1609 - 1664

Image Use

This image is in the public domain.
Read our full Open Access policy for images .

Inscription

center: Memorie / VITA

Provenance

Monsieur E. Pinguely. (Lorna Lowe, London); purchased 1981 by NGA.

Associated Names

Lowe, Lorna, Ms.
Pinguely, E., Monsieur

Exhibition History

1983: Graphics Survey Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., February 1983.

1997: Six Centuries/Six Artists, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997.

2012: The Baroque Genius of Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C., 2012

Bibliography

1992: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Washington, D.C., 1992: 319, repro.

Related Content