The Entry of Alexander into Babylon

ca. 1704

Dating: Approximate date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching, fifth state of seven
Dimensions: Plate: 9 3/4 × 14 13/16 in. (24.8 × 37.6 cm)
Collection no.: 53.600.2673
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Sébastien Le Clerc I. The Entry of Alexander into Babylon. Sébastien Le Clerc I; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

The Entry of Alexander into Babylon — Sébastien Le Clerc I. ca. 1704.

Medium: Etching, fifth state of seven. Dimensions: Plate: 9 3/4 × 14 13/16 in. (24.8 × 37.6 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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