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| Keywords: Giovanni Paolo Panini - Alexander the Great Cutting the Gordian Knot - Walters 37516.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Q18748558 Creator Giovanni Paolo Panini 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 Zeri Italian paintings in the Walters Art Gallery 409 519-520 ca 1718 1719 Baroque Oil on canvas Painted surface cm 73 3 59 7 accession number 37 516 39200 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome date and mode of acquisition unknown 1881 catalogue no 154 1897 catalogue no 297 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 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 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 | ||||
