Alexander Cutting the Gordian Knot

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Maturino da Firenze

Title

Alexander Cutting the Gordian Knot

Place

Italy (Artist's nationality:)

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Artist's working dates 1510–1527

Medium

Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, on cream laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper

Inscriptions

Inscribed verso, upper left on mount, in pen and brown ink: "MATURIN"; upper left on mount, in pen and red ink: "LOT 125" [?]; center on mount, in pen and brown ink: "D. B."

Dimensions

12.5 × 8.4 cm (4 15/16 × 3 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1922.5629

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