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Alexander the Great Cutting the Gordian Knot, c.1718-19 (oil on canvas)

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Image title
Alexander the Great Cutting the Gordian Knot, c.1718-19 (oil on canvas)
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Artist
Pannini or Panini, Giovanni Paolo (1691/2-1765) / Italian
Location
Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, USA
Medium
oil on canvas
Date
c. 1718 AD - c. 1719 AD (C18th AD)
Dimensions
73.3x59.7 cms
Image description

The Macedonian ruler has entered Gordium (Turkey) in 344 BC. where the chariot of Phrygian king Gordius was fastened by a complicated knot. According to prophecy this would be undone only by the person who was to rule Asia. On an altar dedicated to Zeus, ruler of the Greek gods, he is enthroned with his thunderbolt. Companion to "Alexander the Great at the Tomb of Achilles" (see XWM 3597204)

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Alexander III of Russia (1845-1894) / Romanov / Alexander the Great (356 - 323 B.C.) / armour / art / altar / balcony / Italy / Europe / Macedonia / mythology / Turkey (country) / Middle East / 18th century / painter / artist / sword / legend / helmet / macedonian / mythology / phrygia / god / greek / phrygian / baroque / pillars / walkway / columns / antiquity / figures / statuary / asia minor / armor / statues / antiquities / classical / architecture / soldiers / myth / shield / king / painting / greece / macedon / gordium / zeus / gordius / Painting / Mzpainting

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