Francesco Solimena

The defeat of Darius by Alexander the Great at the Battle of Issus



Francesco Solimena - The defeat of Darius by Alexander the Great at the Battle of Issus



Francesco Solimena
The defeat of Darius by Alexander the Great at the Battle of Issus
66.1 x 59.6 cm
Oil on canvas
Sale Christie's, London, 8 December 2017


Provenance


(Possibly) Colonna di Stigliano, Naples
with Hazlitt Gallery, London, by 1969, until 1970
with Bruno Meissner, Zurich, 1981
anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 9 July 1999, nr. 208 (£29,900)
sale (Property of a European Collector) Christie's, London, 8 December 2017, nr. 178

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