16th-century Italian school (Circle of Taddeo Zuccaro) Alexander refusing the water offered by the Macedonians Pen and brown ink, brown wash Watermarked paper Inscribed ‘Tadeo Zuccaro’ in the lower right-hand corner The motif surrounded by an octagonal frame Alexander the Great refusing the water gifted by the Macedonians, pen and brown ink, brown wash, Italian School, 16th century 9.44 x 13.18 in. 24 x 33.5 cm Provenance: Anonymous sale; London, Sotheby’s, 8 July 1998, lot 209 (as a work by the circle of Taddeo Zuccaro); Private European collection 16th-century Italian School (Circle of Taddeo Zuccaro) 24 x 33.5 cm