Alexander the Great
Title
Alexander the Great
Creator
Master of the Griselda Legend
Publisher
Piccolomini family
Date
c.1493–94
Contributor
Dr. Adam Rudolphi
Rights
Birmingham: Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Format
painting
Language
In the framed placard on the front of the pedestal below the figure:
ALEXANDER
QVI PROPRUS TOTVM SVPERAVI VIRIBVS ORBE
EXCVSSI FLAMMAS CORDE CVPIDINEAS
NIL IVAT EXTERNIS BELLI GAVDERE TRIVMPHIS
SI MENS AEGRA IACET INTERIVS QVE FVRIT
(‘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’.)
ALEXANDER
QVI PROPRUS TOTVM SVPERAVI VIRIBVS ORBE
EXCVSSI FLAMMAS CORDE CVPIDINEAS
NIL IVAT EXTERNIS BELLI GAVDERE TRIVMPHIS
SI MENS AEGRA IACET INTERIVS QVE FVRIT
(‘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’.)
Type
Still Image
Original Format
tempera on panel
Physical Dimensions
106 x 51.3 cm
Files
Citation
Master of the Griselda Legend, “Alexander the Great,” Race, Sexuality, and Gender in Early Modern Italian Art, accessed February 22, 2025, http://othersinearlymodernitaly.artinterp.org/omeka/items/show/306.