Alexander the Great at the Tomb of Achilles
Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) is said to have ordered the tomb of Achilles (Greek hero in the Trojan War) to be opened so that he could pay homage to his legendary predecessor. Achilles's tomb was in what is today Turkey; to suggest an ancient setting outside the Roman worl...
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33091
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drawing
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Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [1881 catalogue: no. 155; 1897 catalogue: no. 298]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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2
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.510 |
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oil on canvas
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