Title

Alexander the Great in His Conquest of Asia, c1620. Creator: Marzio di Colantonio.

Caption

Alexander the Great in His Conquest of Asia, c1620. A Greek or Roman army driving back a fleeing cavalry of turbaned fighters in a rocky landscape could suggest various conflicts to a 17th-century audience; however, the prominent horseman in the foreground wears the type of extravagant, fanciful helmet associated with the Macedonian ruler and general Alexander the Great (356-323 BCE), conqueror of Asia from the Aegean Sea to India and Afghanistan as well as Greece and Egypt.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM23B22_052

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License type

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53,7Mb (2,1Mb) / 16,5in x 12,6in / 4960 x 3783 (300dpi)

Keywords

animal Italy Italian people group animals horses horse Asian riding rider Asia historical landscape arts painting flag flags country monarch art rocky continent museum geography color king royal cliff cliffs military war location Armed Forces century banner conquest antiquity general royalty horseback concept troops cavalry antiquities standard Army advancing warfare 17th century oil Painting Colour Macedonia Macedonian campaign battlefield armed services history historic seventeenth century 4th century BC geographical feature oil on copper sovereign Alexander the Great King of Macedonia Alexander III of Macedon Iskander Iskandar Oil on copper Military campaign Walters Art Museum Oil on metal Alexander III of Macedonia Heritage Art 1620s King of Macedonia historical person historic figure Marzio di Colantonio Marzio di Colantonio Ganassini Marzio di Cola Antonio Colantonio Marzio di