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Alexander the Great commanding that the work of Homer be placed in the tomb of Achilles

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Drawings and Prints

Alexander the Great commanding that the work of Homer be placed in the tomb of Achilles

Marcantonio Raimondi|Anonymous

Date
ca. 1500–1550
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 11/16 × 15 13/16 in. (24.6 × 40.1 cm)
Object type
Print
Classification
Prints
Object number
37.68.10
Credit line
Gift of Miss Helen J. Baker, 1937
Original Met record Artist authority

Artist information

Italian, Argini (?) ca. 1480–before 1534 Bologna (?)|

Subjects and terms

  • Tombs
  • Soldiers
  • Alexander The Great
  • Homer
  • Men

The Met object ID 342677. 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.