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Bernard Picart

Presumed Portrait of Alexander the Great

1719
Red chalk; framing lines in black chalk
20.6 × 14.9 cm (8.1 × 5.9 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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