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Alexander the Great and the Fates

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Name:
Alexander the Great and the Fates
Artist:
Bernardino Mei (Italian, b.1612, d.1676), painter
Date:
Circa 1667
Place:
Siena/Italy
Medium:
oil on canvas
Measurements:
87 1/4 x 119 3/4 in. (221.6 x 304.2 cm)
Classification:
Painting
Department:
European Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings
Credit Line:
The Edwin and Virginia Irwin Memorial
Provenance:
Marcantonio, Placidi, Siena, by 1683/84, descended within the family through the eighteenth century until after 1835; Casa Placidi, after 1835. (European Art Trade). Anonymous Private Collection. (Art Investment Corporation, Switzerland, until 1984/95, consigned to [1]); [Matthiesen Fine Art Ltd., London, 1984/5-1988, sold to); Cincinnati Art Museum, 1988-present. Notes: [1] Correspondence, March 28, 2001.
Accession No:
1988.167

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