Sisygambis kneeling before Alexander the Great, surrounded by female attendants and soldiers; from 'Heroicae Virtutis Imagines' after the frescoes by Pietro da Cortona in the Sala di Venere of the Palazzo Pitti, Florence
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Conrad Lauwers|Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini)|Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi
Artist bio: Flemish, Antwerp, 1632–ca. 1685|Italian, Cortona 1596–1669 Rome|Italian, Rome 1627–1691 Rome
Artist role: Artist|Artist|Publisher
Artist nationality: Flemish|Italian|Italian
Date: ca. 1677
Medium: Engraving and etching
Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 9 in. × 15 11/16 in. (22.8 × 39.8 cm)
Classification: Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Accession year: 1951