Olympias, Mother of Alexander, Visited by Zeus in the Guise of a Serpent

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Andrea Boscoli

Title

Olympias, Mother of Alexander, Visited by Zeus in the Guise of a Serpent

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

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1595–1599

Medium

Pen and brown ink, with brush and grayish-green wash, on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper

Inscriptions

Inscribed recto, lower left near center, in pen and brown ink: "Polidorus"; recto, lower right on mount, in pen and brown ink: "Polidoro da Carav[gio]"

Dimensions

11 × 16.7 cm (4 3/8 × 6 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1922.619

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