Title: Plate 2: Alexander Cutting the Gordian Knot, from "The Deeds of Alexander the Great"
Object type: Print
Date: 1608
Portfolio: The Deeds of Alexander the Great
Artist:  Antonio Tempesta 
Artist bio: Italian, Florence 1555–1630 Rome
Artist nationality: Italian
Artist role: Artist
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
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Soldiers, term: Alexander The Great, term: Men, term: Horses, term: Chariots