battle scene with soldiers fighting hand-to-hand at left in middle ground; two soldiers--one fallen--in foreground; Alexander Farnese behind soldiers in foreground, standing with feet apart, pointing with his PL arm; soldiers wear draping garments and helmets with plumes; buildings at right; additional armies in far distance, UL; mounted to ivory sheet with attached green border

Alexander Farnese Directing the Siege of Antwerp, 1580s

Ludovico Carracciexpand_more

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk; laid down on mountexpand_more

Bequest of Professor Alfred Moirexpand_more  2012.58.16

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Title
Alexander Farnese Directing the Siege of Antwerp
Artist Life
Italian (Bologna), 1555 - 1619
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2012.58.16
Provenance
Sale, Sotheby's, London, July 4, 1993, no. 117, as Bolognese school for £2,700, to Moir; Alfred Moir, Santa Barbara (1993-d. 2010; bequeathed to MIA)
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battle scene with soldiers fighting hand-to-hand at left in middle ground; two soldiers--one fallen--in foreground; Alexander Farnese behind soldiers in foreground, standing with feet apart, pointing with his PL arm; soldiers wear draping garments and helmets with plumes; buildings at right; additional armies in far distance, UL; mounted to ivory sheet with attached green border

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