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Pen and brown ink sketch in four bands: a bedside scene, a commander with attendants, a mounted procession, and a crowded battle of soldiers and horses.

Sketch Page: Birth, Battle and Triumph of Alexander the Great

A pen and brown ink drawing with brown wash on cream paper, arranged in four horizontal bands. The top scene shows a reclining woman in a canopied bed beside a winged figure in clouds; lower bands show a standing commander gesturing, a procession of mounted figures, and a crowded battle of soldiers and horses.

Artist
Felice Giani
Date
ca. 1812
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over traces of graphite on cream laid paper
Source
Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size
3008 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1817).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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