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332

Francesco Rosa

Genoa circa 1638 – after 1710 Venice

Alexander the Great mourns the death of Darius III. (330 BC, at Hekatompylos). Circa 1700

Oil on canvas. 216 × 324 cm (85 × 127 ½ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Francesco Rosa. Alexander the Great mourns the death of Darius III. (330 BC, at Hekatompylos). Circa 1700.

Estimate:

EUR 35,000

 

- 40,000

USD 39,800

 

- 45,500

Sold for:

37,500 EUR (incl. premium)

Spring Auctions 2016

ORANGERIE Selected Objects, Thursday, 02.06.2016

Information

Oil on canvas. 216 × 324 cm (85 × 127 ½ in.).

Related Literature: Bernard Aikema: Francesco Rosa a Venezia; in: Paragone. Rivista mensile di arte figurativa e letteratura, vol. 48 (1997), series. 3, 12, p. 42–55.

Presumably from a Palazzo in Venice / 1998 private collection, Italy / private collection, southern Germany

Auction catalogue, Sotheby's, London, 17. December 1998, lot 185 (as “Achilles mourning the Death of Patroclus”)