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Alexander Consecrating the Altars for the Twelve Olympian Gods

Perino del Vaga · 1501–1547

Maximum print size

Frame
40.6 × 50.8 cm · 16.0 × 20.0 in
Mat opening
27.9 × 41.7 cm · 11.0 × 16.4 in
Mat border, sides
6.4 cm · 2.5 in
Mat border, top and bottom
4.6 cm · 1.8 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date
1545/1547
Medium
pen and brown ink with gray wash over black chalk on laid paper; laid down
Type
Drawing
Size
31.7 × 21.0 cm · 12.5 × 8.3 in
Orientation
portrait
Collection
National Gallery of Art ↗

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