Plate 2: Alexander Cutting the Gordian Knot, from The Deeds of Alexander the Great
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Antonio Tempesta|Johannes Baptista Vrints
Artist bio: Italian, Florence 1555–1630 Rome|Netherlandish, active Antwerp, ca. 1575—1610
Artist role: Artist|Publisher
Artist nationality: Italian|Netherlandish
Date: 1608
Medium: Etching, first state of two (Bartsch)
Dimensions: Sheet: 8 11/16 × 11 1/8 in. (22 × 28.2 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Accession year: 1951
Tags: Soldiers|Alexander The Great|Men|Horses|Chariots