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| Keywords: Placido Costanzi - Alexander the Great Founding Alexandria - Walters 37790.jpg In conquests from Greece and Egypt to Afghanistan the Macedonian ruler Alexander the Great 356-323 BC founded cities-often named for himself-in key military and trading locations; Alexandria in Egypt is the only one still thriving today Alexander was often involved in the planning; here he gives instructions to the Greek architect Dinocrates Behind them massive walls are under construction The painting is a modello or study painted in preparation for one of the large canvases commissioned from the artist for the throne room of King Philip V of Spain in the Palace of San Idelfonso La Granja Halls where European rulers granted audiences to their subjects and to visiting emissaries were traditionally decorated with tapestries or paintings reinforcing the ruler's position by reference to the power and renown of rulers of the past principally Alexander the Great or the Roman emperors In keeping with his ancient theme Costanzi adopted a frieze-like composition that recalls Greek and Roman relief sculpture Zeri Italian paintings in the Walters Art Gallery 407 517-518 between 1736 1737 Baroque Oil on canvas cm 46 3 65 accession number 37 790 30203 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Transcription In ink on the reverse of the stretcher Amsterdam 1641 dipingana Romagi Italiani; Transcription Painted in large black letters De Troyen Pt Par De Troyen;; Number Painted in black on the reverse of the canvas 569C The Search for Alexander The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago; New Orleans Museum of Art New Orleans; Royal Ontario Museum Toronto; National Gallery of Art Washington; Museum of Fine Arts Boston Boston; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco San Francisco 1980-1983 Tiepolo Unveiled The Restoration of a Masterpiece The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1996 place of origin Rome Italy Walters Art Museum license 2D Alexander the Great Founding Alexandria Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum Alexander the Great in Egypt Alexandria in art | ||||
