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Plate 6: Darius Fleeing from the Battlefield, from The Deeds of Alexander the Great

Antonio Tempesta

Credit: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
1608
Etching, first state of two (bartsch)
22.0 x 28.2cm
51.501.4089
Image © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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