Alexander encircling the enemy troops with fire

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Title: Alexander encircling the enemy troops with fire
Engraver: Merian, Matthaeus, 1593-1650
Inventor: Tempesta, Antonio, 1555-1630
Printer/Publisher: [Heyden, Jacob van der, 1573-1645]
Medium: print
Edition/Print Statement: Edition Statement 1ed. ; Print Statement1
Date of publication: [1615]
Physical description: 1 print : etching on sheet 114 x 168 mm. (trimmed inside platemark)
Materials: paper
Language: German; Latin
Country: [Germany]
Inscriptions: In upper margin: "Den feind im gburg dass fewer verzehrt, Was nit verbrent, nimpt hin das schwert."; in lower margin in two columns: "Aeriis clam grassantes … delapsos ense trucidat."; numbered at lower right corner: "7".
Annotations: Pr. 7 of: Tempesta, Antonio, Principal Deeds of Alexander the Great (Alexandri Magni praecipuae res gestae), 20.A.II.115/95-104
Collectors' marks: Girolamo Casanate, Lugt 4559
Conservation: good
Personal Name: Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C
Topical Term: Warfare
Battles
Soldiers
Location: Biblioteca Casanatense
: Fondo Stampe e Disegni
: 20.A.II.115/101
Series: Link to mother card
Series' component: 20.A.II.115/95-104
Album: Link to album description
Album's component: 20.A.II.115
Bibliography: The Illustrated Bartsch, New York 2007 vol. 35 commentary 2, p. 92, n. 490, C1.
Link: Collectors' marks url

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