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Antonio Tempesta Italian
Publisher Johannes Baptista Vrints Netherlandish
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Title: Plate 2: Alexander Cutting the Gordian Knot, from "The Deeds of Alexander the Great"
Series/Portfolio: The Deeds of Alexander the Great
Artist:
Antonio Tempesta (Italian, Florence 1555–1630 Rome)
Publisher:
Johannes Baptista Vrints (Netherlandish, active Antwerp, ca. 1575—1610)
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
Object Number: 51.501.4085
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