Alexander the Great’s Entry into Babylon, A505, is commissioned in marble by Giovanni Battista Sommariva.

Primary sources

• Draft dated 31.8.1826 from Thorvaldsen to Luigi Sommariva
• Contract dated 1.1.1818 between Thorvaldsen and Giovanni Battista Sommariva
• Letter dated 31.12.1817 from Giovanni Battista Sommariva to Giovanni Raimondo Torlonia

Other references

• Thiele II, p. 361-362.
• Related Article: The Alexander Frieze

Last updated 09.01.2017