Mausoleum for family of Alexander the Great, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 1746–1809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on off-white laid paper, lined, Distant angle view of the enormous precinct, in which the domed mausoleum stands in a square, the corners of which are marked by pyramids. Figures on foot, on horseback, and beside a camel are in the left nearer distance. In the left foreground stands a dog (?) with his forefeet on a casket. Written there: 'Or (?) debbito che mi / da addezzo / Sengo il Grande / e non o quatrini / p[er] Mangiare'.

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