The Family of Darius before Alexander (recto); Sketch of a Horse-Drawn Cart, and Studies of Male Heads and an Infant (verso) — Gaspare Diziani. The Family of Darius before Alexander (recto); Sketch of a Horse-Drawn Cart, and Studies of Male Heads and an Infant (verso), 1717. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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The Family of Darius before Alexander (recto); Sketch of a Horse-Drawn Cart, and Studies of Male Heads and an Infant (verso)

by Gaspare Diziani

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Artist: Gaspare Diziani (Italian, Belluno 1689–1767 Venice)
Date: 1717
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over traces of black chalk; squared in graphite or lead (recto); framing lines in pen and brown ink; red chalk (verso)
Dimensions: 12-9/16 x 15-7/8 in. (31.9 x 40.3 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1965
Accession no.: 65.131.1

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