Detail View: The AMICA Library: Olympias, Mother of Alexander, Visited by Zeus in the Guise of a Serpent

AMICA ID: 
AIC_.1922.619
AMICA Library Year: 
2001
Object Type: 
Drawings and Watercolors
Creator Name: 
Boscoli, Andrea
Creator Nationality: 
European; Southern European; Italian
Creator Role: 
Artist
Creator Dates/Places: 
Italian; 1550-1606
Creator Name-CRT: 
Andrea Boscoli
Creator Name: 
Perino del Vaga
Creator Nationality: 
European; Southern European; Italian
Creator Role: 
Artist
Creator Dates/Places: 
Italian; 1501-1547
Creator Name-CRT: 
Perino del Vaga
Title: 
Olympias, Mother of Alexander, Visited by Zeus in the Guise of a Serpent
Title Type: 
preferred
View: 
full view
Creation Date: 
1595/99
Creation Start Date: 
1595
Creation End Date: 
1599
Materials and Techniques: 
Pen and brown ink, with brush and grayish-green wash, on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper.
Classification Term: 
pen and ink
Classification Term: 
Drawing
Classification Term: 
Prints and Drawings
Creation Place: 
Europe,Italy
Dimensions: 
110 x 167 mm
AMICA Contributor: 
The Art Institute of Chicago
Owner Location: 
Chicago, Illinois, USA
ID Number: 
1922.619
Credit Line: 
The Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
Rights: 
Related Image Identifier Link: 
AIC_.D14010.tif