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| Keywords: Greek - Alexander the Great - Walters 541075.jpg Said to be from Alexandria the city in Egypt founded by Alexander in 331 BCE this small bronze statuette depicts the youthful Alexander with long full hair His hair with the characteristic anastole and the shape of his face have led scholars to posit that this portrait derives from a Lysippan original created during Alexander's lifetime Alexander stands in contrapposto with the weight on his right leg His right arm is raised and he probably held a spear or lance in this hand This statuette is of particular interest for the garment worn by Alexander He wears an aegis shaped as a loosely draped chlamys a type of cloak often worn by Macedonian soldiers The aegis is embellished with incised scales and a Gorgoneion at Alexander's left breast which is typical for this statue type Alongside the edge of the aegis are a number of holes where small snakes might have been attached This statue type has been linked with the Alexander Aigiochos Alexander wearing the aegis mentioned in literary sources see Steward 1993 243-52; Parlasca 2004; Reinsberg 2005 226-29 Parallels indicate that Alexander might have held the Palladion an archaistic statue type of Athena seized by Diomedes and Odysseus from Troy in his outstretched right hand The aegis links Alexander to Zeus and Athena but also to the city of Alexandria which ancient authors said was laid out in the shape of a chlamys Like Athena for Athens he is represented as patron and founder of Alexandria and the aegis associates him with divine power Roman copy 1st-3rd century bronze inlaid with silver cm 12 6 5 3 2 accession number 54 1075 10553 Dikran Kelekian New York and Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1922 The Search for Alexander The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago; New Orleans Museum of Art New Orleans; Royal Ontario Museum Toronto; National Gallery of Art Washington; Museum of Fine Arts Boston Boston; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco San Francisco 1980-1983 From Alexander to Cleopatra Greek Art of the Hellenistic Age The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1988-1989 Serapis The Creation of a God The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2002 Ägypten Griechenland Rom Abwehr und Berührung Staedtische Galerie Liebieghaus Frankfurt am Main 2005-2006 Heroes Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; Frist Center for the Visual Arts Nashville; San Diego Museum Of Art San Diego; Alexander S Onassis Public Benefit Foundation USA New York 2009-2011 place of origin France Walters Art Museum license Ancient Greek sculptures in the Walters Art Museum Ancient Roman sculptures in the Walters Art Museum Art from Greece Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist review Sculptures of Alexander the Great | ||||
