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Pen and brown ink sketch in four bands: a bedside scene, a commander with attendants, a mounted procession, and a crowded battle of soldiers and horses.

Sketchbook Page: Birth of Alexander the Great; Battle of Alexander and Darius; Triumph of Alexander

A pen and brown ink drawing with brown wash on cream paper, arranged in four horizontal bands. The top scene shows a reclining woman in a canopied bed beside a winged figure in clouds; lower bands show a standing commander gesturing, a procession of mounted figures, and a crowded battle of soldiers and horses.

Artist
Felice Giani
Date
ca. 1812
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over traces of graphite on cream laid paper
Source
Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size
3008 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1817).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Español: Página de boceto: nacimiento, batalla y triunfo de Alejandro Magno

Dibujo a pluma y tinta café con aguada café sobre papel crema, organizado en cuatro franjas horizontales. La escena superior muestra a una mujer recostada en una cama con dosel junto a una figura alada entre nubes; las franjas inferiores presentan a un comandante con gesto de mando, una procesión de jinetes y una batalla llena de soldados y caballos.

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Desenho a pena e tinta marrom com aguada marrom sobre papel creme, organizado em quatro faixas horizontais. A cena superior mostra uma mulher deitada em uma cama com dossel ao lado de uma figura alada entre nuvens; as faixas inferiores trazem um comandante em gesto de comando, uma procissão de cavaleiros e uma batalha densa de soldados e cavalos.

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