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| Keywords: Marzio di Colantonio - Alexander the Great in His Conquest of Asia - Walters 37617.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Creator Marzio di Colantonio The horseman in the foreground of this painting wears the type of extravagant helmet associated with the Macedonian ruler-general Alexander the Great 356-323 BC conqueror of Europe and Asia from the Aegean Sea to India and Afghanistan as well as Greece and Egypt Prints and paintings of his exploits were popular and validated Europeans' sense of destiny in seeking dominion over other cultures Most Europeans did not know what India or Afghanistan looked like so any vaguely rugged setting was suitable ca 1620 Baroque oil on copper langswitch bemalte Oberfläche Painted surface cm 26 4 34 3 accession number 37 617 20554 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome date and mode of acquisition unknown 1897 catalogue no 623 as Elsheimer Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 World of Wonder The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1971-1972 place of origin Rome Italy Walters Art Museum license 2D Baroque paintings in the Walters Art Museum Marzio di Colantonio Paintings in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
