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Giovanni Paolo Panini: Alexander the Great Cutting the Gordian Knot  wikidata:Q18748558 reasonator:Q18748558
Artist
Giovanni Paolo Panini  (1691–1765)  wikidata:Q286670
 
Giovanni Paolo Panini
Description Italian painter, architect and scenographer
Date of birth/death 1691 or 1692
date QS:P,+1691-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1691-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1692-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
 21 October 1765 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Piacenza Rome
Work location
Rom, Emilia
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artist QS:P170,Q286670
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Title
Alexander the Great Cutting the Gordian Knot
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
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.
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
(Baroque
era QS:P2348,Q37853
)
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
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
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
37.516
Place of creation Rome, Italy
Object history
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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