Henri-Inénée Marrou
Il Mulino

Carl Gustav Jung
Editore Boringhieri

Carl Gustav Jung
Editore Boringhieri

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Mixed technique (pencil, pen, brown ink and white chalk) on paper. Italian school of the early 19th century. The scene represents the meeting between a high priest and a leader: if he is followed by his entire army, with grim and armed soldiers of different ranks, the priest is followed by all the people who praise the winner, while two young women on their knees they offer wreaths of flowers. Behind the scene, the mighty walls with the entrance door to a city, towards which the priest points, almost as if handing it over to the leader. The priest's clothing, in particular the presence of the so-called "Decision" breastplate that he wears, refers to an Israelite priest, and therefore the city could be Jerusalem; instead the clothing of the victorious leader, with the helmet surmounted by two horses, refers to Alexander the Great, who actually conquered the city in 332 BC. The drawing is presented in a carved wooden frame from the late 19th century.

Niccolò Tommaseo
Gius. Laterza & Figli

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Idelfonso Nieri
Società editrice internazionale

Lanfranco Caretti
Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura

Giorgio Pasquali
Biblioteca editrice

Alfredo Schiaffini
Riccardo Ricciardi Editore

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Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
Città del Vaticano

G. B. Mannucci
società editrice amici dell'arte cristiana

Maurizio Agnellini
Giorgio Mondadori & Associati