Eutichio Ajello – Olympias, mother of Alexander the Great

Eutichio Ajello

Gala (Messina), 1711 – Gala, 1793

Olympias, mother of Alexander the Great

Mid-XVIII century.

Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Spagna

Pencil on paper. Not on display

Inventory number: D003831

Technique: Pencil

Support: Paper

Dimension: Height: 480 mm.; Width: 337 mm.

Series: Cuaderno de Ajello, Dibujo 1

Provenance: Royal Collection

This drawing belongs to the Ajello Sketchbook, a group of fifty-nine unbound pencil drawings that were models for engraving to illustrate a descriptive calendar of sculptures that Philip V and his wife, Elizabeth of Farnesio, had gathered in the Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso.

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Souce: Museo Nacional del Prado