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Alexander the Great Preserving the Works of Homer

Unidentified artist, Italian, 16th century
Copied after: Marcantonio Raimondi (Italian, 1480–1527/34)
After: Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio or Santi) (Italian, 1483–1520)
early 16th–mid 16th century

Medium/Technique Engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 48.5 x 65.7 cm (19 1/8 x 25 7/8 in.)
Platemark: 25.6 x 40.2 cm (10 1/16 x 15 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of W. S. Dexter
Accession NumberM12333
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch 207, Copy A; Passavant VI, 23, 117 (copy)
Marks Recto, lower right, just outside the corner of the platemark, the blindstamp of the Calcografia di Roma (Lugt 426e); verso, right center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 1868)
ProvenanceW.S. Dexter, Boston; his gift to the MFA March 12, 1897