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| Keywords: Giovanni Paolo Panini - Alexander the Great at the Tomb of Achilles - Walters 37510.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Q18748560 Creator Giovanni Paolo Panini Alexander the Great 356-323 BC is said to have ordered the tomb of Achilles Greek hero in the Trojan War to be opened so that he could pay homage to his legendary predecessor Achilles's tomb was in what is today Turkey; to suggest an ancient setting outside the Roman world Panini introduced an Egyptian pyramid in the background The painting and its companion Alexander the Great Cutting the Gordian Knot Walters 37 516 represent Panini's fantasy of the grandeur of the ancient world Zeri Italian paintings in the Walters Art Gallery 408 518-519 ca 1718 1719 Baroque Oil on canvas Painted surface cm 73 3 65 accession number 37 510 33091 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome date and mode of acquisition unknown 1881 catalogue no 155 1897 catalogue no 298 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 place of origin Rome Italy Walters Art Museum license 2D Baroque paintings in the Walters Art Museum Giovanni Paolo Pannini Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
