Alexander and Porus

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Drawings and Prints

Alexander and Porus

François Le Moyne

Date
early 18th century
Medium
Brush and brown wash, heightened with white, over black chalk, on blue paper. All four in curved corners have been filled in.
Dimensions
12 5/16 x 17 5/16 in. (31.2 x 43.9 cm)
Object type
Drawing
Classification
Drawings
Object number
62.238
Credit line
Rogers Fund, 1962

Artist information

French, Paris 1688–1737 Paris

Subjects and terms

  • Soldiers
  • Weapons
  • Alexander The Great
  • Men
  • Horses

The Met object ID 337675. 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.