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Alexander in the Studio of Apelles, 1662. Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper.
Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper · Plate: 45.5 × 27.3 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- Alexander in the Studio of Apelles
- Artist
- Salvator Rosa Italian, 1615-1673
- Date
- 1662
- Medium
- Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- Plate: 45.5 × 27.3 cm (17 15/16 × 10 3/4 in.); Sheet: 46.7 × 28.5 cm (18 7/16 × 11 1/4 in.)
- Credit line
- The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Endowment
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1615–1673
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.