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Helle Nanny Brendstrup
Thorvaldsens Museum
  • Pietro Antonio Leone Bettelini 1763-1829

Young Greek Warrior Shows Thorvaldsen the Elephant Passing by with Persian Weapons and the most precious Casket

  • Alexander the Great's Entry into Babylon
  • 1812 - 1829
  • Graphic Art > Copper Engraving
  • Location

    • Not on display
  • E33,9
  • E33,9
  • Thorvaldsen's Collections > Collection of Prints (E)

      • Paper
      • Color > Printer's ink
      • Copper engraving
      • Printet

Dimension

  • Height (plate size?) 234 mm
  • Width (plate size?) 462 mm
  • Graphic Design
  • European > Modernity (1800 - 1914)
  • Bertel Thorvaldsen
  • Johann Friedrich Overbeck
    • Thorvaldsens Museum
    • Bequest from Bertel Thorvaldsen
    • March 24, 1844
  • https://kataloget.thorvaldsensmuseum.dk/en/E33,9

Sources / Literature

    • 3.4.1816 from Jørgen Knudtzon to Bertel Thorvaldsen
    • 20.6.1816 from Jørgen Knudtzon to Bertel Thorvaldsen
    • 20.11.1816 from Jørgen Knudtzon to Bertel Thorvaldsen

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