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Ptolemy giving Demetrius Directions to Build Alexandrian Library
Ptolemy giving Demetrius Directions to Build Alexandrian Library

Ptolemy giving Demetrius Directions to Build Alexandrian Library

Maker (British, 1675 - 1734)
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Daten.d.
Mediumpen and wash over pencil
Dimensions6 × 6 in. (15.2 × 15.2 cm.) mat: 19 × 12 1/2 in. (48.3 × 31.8 cm.)
InscribedInscribed: Ptolmey giving Demetrius directions to build the Alexandrian Library [and in a later hand] Sr James thornhill
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Sir Bruce Ingram Collection
Status
Not on view
Object number63.52.268
Terms
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