File:Giovanni Paolo Panini - Alexander the Great Cutting the Gordian Knot - Walters 37516.jpg
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Giovanni Paolo Panini: Alexander the Great Cutting the Gordian Knot | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q286670 |
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Title |
Alexander the Great Cutting the Gordian Knot |
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Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
English: In this companion to "Alexander the Great at the Tomb of Achilles" (Walters 37.510), the Macedonian ruler and general has entered the town of Gordium (in present-day Turkey) in 344 BC. In that city was the chariot of Gordius, the father of the legendary King Midas. The yoke of the wagon was fastened by a complicated knot. It had been prophesied that the one who could loose the knot would become the ruler of Asia. Instead of trying to untie the impossibly difficult knot, Alexander just cut through it with his sword. He went on to conquer Asian kingdoms as far east as Afghanistan.
To suggest Asia Minor and the ancient past, Panini introduced a bystander wearing a turban and placed the scene in front of an altar dedicated to Zeus, ruler of the Greek gods, enthroned with his thunderbolt. |
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Date |
between circa 1718 and circa 1719 date QS:P571,+1718-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1718-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1719-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 (Baroqueera QS:P2348,Q37853 ) |
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Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
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Dimensions |
Painted surface height: 73.3 cm (28.8 in); width: 59.7 cm (23.5 in) dimensions QS:P2048,73.3U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,59.7U174728 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q210081 |
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Accession number |
37.516 |
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Place of creation | Rome, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Object history |
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Exhibition history | Alexander the Great and His Influence over the World from Antiquity to Modern Times. Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki. 1980. The Search for Alexander. The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago; New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans; Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto; National Gallery of Art, Washington; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco. 1980-1983. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Credit line | Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
References | Federico Zeri (1976) (in English) Italian paintings in the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore: Walters Art Gallery, no. 409 , pp. 519−520 OCLC: 2463997. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source | Walters Art Museum: Home page Info about artwork | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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