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Alexander visiting Diogenes

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Alexander visiting Diogenes

Italian

Date
late 18th–early 19th century
Medium
Onyx
Dimensions
2 × 1 9/16 in. (5.1 × 4 cm)
Object type
Cameo
Classification
Lapidary Work-Gems
Culture
Italian
Object number
40.20.5
Credit line
The Milton Weil Collection, 1940
Original Met record

Subjects and terms

  • Soldiers
  • Alexander The Great
  • Diogenes

The Met object ID 198587. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.