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ID number: BIRBI-51.4 Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Artist / Maker: Master of the Griselda Legend (active about 1500) Title / Object name: Alexander the Great Object type: Painting Place made: Siena Culture: Italian Date made: about 1494/5 Materials: Tempera on wood Measurements: 105.4 x 50.8 cm Provenance: Purchased from the Cook Collection in 1951. |
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Alexander of Macedon (356 - 326BC) is shown as a youthful warrior posed on a pedestal. This is one of a series showing virtuous men and women of antiquity which decorated a palace in Siena. The inscription underlines the moral. ‘I, Alexander, who conquered the whole world with my own strength, shook off the flames of desire from my heart. It is of no avail to rejoice in the outward triumphs of war if the mind lies sick and rages within’. The small scenes in the distance illustrate Alexander’s virtuous behaviour towards the family of Darius whom he had defeated in battle. Inscriptions / Translations: Inscribed I.c.: ALEXANDER/QUI PROPRIUS TOTUM SUPERAVI VIRIBUS ORBEM/ EXCUSSI FLAMMAS CORDE CUPIDINEAS NIL IVAT EXTERNIS BELLI GAUDERE TRIUMPHIS/SI MENS AEGRA LACET INTERIUS QUE FURIT Notes: Exhibited: 'Renaissance Siena: Art for a City', National Gallery, London, UK, 24 October 2007 - 13 January 2008 (no. 65) |
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1 Related People | |
| Master of the Griselda Legend Italian | |
3 Related Publications | |
| Masterpieces of Italian Painting: The Walters Art Museum GILES 2005 | |
| La Confraternita ritrovata: Benvenuto di Giovanni e Girolamo di Benvenuto nello Spedale Vecchio di Siena Alessi, Cecilia Ali edizioni 2003 | |
| Objects of Virtue, Art in Renaissance Italy Syson, L. and Thornton, D. The British Museum Press 2001 | |
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