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Alexander Pities the Misfortunes of King Porus and Recieves Him as a Friend
between 1637 and 1714
Charles Le Brun (Artist) French, 1619-1690 Sébastien Le Clerc (Artist) French, 1637-1714
Etching printed in black ink on laid paper
Plate: 5 5/8 × 11 inches (14.3 × 27.9 cm) Sheet: 6 3/8 × 11 3/4 inches (16.2 × 29.8 cm)
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Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S303.C
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Inscribed, in plate, below image, lower left: LA VERTU PLAIST QUOY QUE VAINCUE. | Alexandre n'est pas seulement touché de compassion en voyant la granduer d'Ame | Au Roy Porus qu'il a vaincu et fait son prisonnier, mais il luy donne des marqueux | honorables de son estime en le recevant au nombre de ses amis, et en lut donnans | ensuite un plus grand Royaume que celuy qu'il avoit perdu. Inscribed, in plate, below image, lower right: SIC VIRTUS ET VICTA PLACET. | Pori Regis victi, captique magnanimitatem non misericordia modo | sed honore prosequiteur Alexander, illumque in amicorum numerum | recipit mox donat ampliore regno.
Provenance
September 1899, F. Meyer (Dresden, Germany)
Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Sébastien Le Clerc; after Charles Le Brun, Alexander Pities the Misfortunes of King Porus and Recieves Him as a Friend, between 1637 and 1714, etching printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S303.C.
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