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Drawing, Family of Darius Before Alexander

This is a Drawing. It was created by François Verdier. It is dated ca. 1700 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and wash and white gouache on brown paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Eleanor Garnier Hewitt and Sarah Cooper Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

26.4 × 36.5 cm (10 3/8 × 14 3/8 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Family of Darius Before Alexander; François Verdier (French, 1651 - 1730); France; pen and ink, brush and wash and white gouache on brown paper; 26.4 × 36.5 cm (10 3/8 × 14 3/8 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-64-115

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