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Aug 23, 2006
Alexander the Great and the High Priest of Jerusalem
Alexander the Great and the High Priest of Jerusalem
mid 1540s
Master IRs
(Italian)
Engraving
Support: Cream(1) laid paper
Sheet: 25.3 x 19.8 cm (9 15/16 x 7 13/16 in.)
Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1944.19
Catalogue raisonné: Illus.Bartsch 23 (XXVIII Commentary.22)
State: i/ii
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According to ancient legend, when Alexander the Great (356–323 BC) came into the presence of the high priest of Jerusalem, he was so awestruck by the priest's piety that he approached the holy man on his knees.
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