Detail View: Walter B. Denny World Art & Architecture Images:

ID_Number: 
WBD_04769
Creator name: 
Altdorfer, Albrecht
Creator dates: 
ca. 1480-1538
Creator nationality: 
German
Title: 
The Battle of Alexander at Issus
View description: 
detail of arrmies and the chariot of Darius
Date: 
1520
Date type: 
creation date
Repository name: 
Alte Pinakothek
Repository name variant: 
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Alte Pinakothek
Repository location: 
Munich, Germany
Style_Period: 
16th Century
Style_Period name variant: 
Sixteenth century
Style_Period: 
Northern Renaissance
Subject: 
history paintings
Subject: 
historical figures
Subject: 
battles
Subject: 
Alexander, the Great, 356-323 B.C.
Subject: 
Darius III, King of Persia, d. 330 BCE
Subject: 
Greek (ancient)
Subject: 
Persia (historical region)
Subject: 
empires (sovereign states)
Subject: 
armies
Subject: 
soldiers
Subject: 
horse
Subject: 
cavalries
Subject: 
weapons
Subject: 
landscapes (representations)
Subject: 
castles (fortifications)
Subject: 
tents (portable buildings)
Subject: 
chariots (ancient vehicles)
Culture: 
German
Category: 
Paintings
Work_type: 
paintings (visual works)
Material_Technique: 
oil on panel
Measurement: 
158.4 x 120.3 cm
Copy_Source: 
digital image
Image_Source: 
Walter Denny disk
Rights Reproduction & Access: 
Copyrighted material--for educational use only
Filename: 
WBD_04769.tif