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Sodoma. Alexander's Vermählung mit Roxane. Farnesina

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Italian Photographer · 1860–present

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Date: 1859
Medium: Albumen silver print
Culture: Italian
Department: Photographs
Institution: Getty Museum

Photograph of a sketch or an engraving after a fresco depicting the marriage of Alexander the Great and Roxane by the painter, Sodoma, in the Villa Farnesina. It depicts Roxane as a partially nude female figure, seated on the edge of a four-poster bed, with Alexander standing before her, presenting her with a crown. Various figures surround the couple, including a number of winged putti.

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