The Battle of Alexander at Issus by Albrecht Altdorfer 100% Hand Painted Oil Painting Reproduction
1879.63 € – 2170.55 €
Painting Features
- 100% Hand Painted Museum Quality Reproduction Painted by Experienced Artist
- Canvas edges: Extra white edges about 2 inches (5 cm) for stretching in addition to the specified painting size
- Comes as unstretched, rolled canvas (in durable cardboard or plastic tube)
- Medium: High quality Oil paint on Canvas
- Canvas: High Quality Durable Artist Linen Canvas
- Format: Portrait
- Signature: Unsigned
Order Processing Time (working time that is necessary for our artist to reproduce painting excluding delivery time)
- Ready to Ship in 4-8 weeks
Original Painting Information
- Artist Name: Albrecht Altdorfer
- Artist Age: 57-58 (c. 1480 – February 12, 1538)
- Artist Nationality: German
- Date / Origin: 1529
- Art Movement: Renaissance
- Subject: Military and War, Famous Battle Scenes
| PAINTING SIZE: | 32 x 42 in, 81 x 107 cm, 36 x 46 in, 91 x 117 cm, 40 x 52 in, 102 x 132 cm |
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PAINTING DESCRIPTION
The Battle of Alexander at Issus (German: Alexanderschlacht) is a 1529 oil painting by the German artist Albrecht Altdorfer (c. 1480–1538), a pioneer of landscape art and a founding member of the Danube school. It portrays the 333 BC Battle of Issus, in which Alexander the Great secured a decisive victory over Darius III of Persia and gained crucial leverage in his campaign against the Persian Empire. The painting is widely regarded as Altdorfer’s masterpiece, and is one of the most famous examples of the type of Renaissance landscape painting known as the world landscape, which here reaches an unprecedented grandeur.
Duke William IV of Bavaria commissioned The Battle of Alexander at Issus in 1528 as part of a set of historical pieces that was to hang in his Munich residence. Modern commentators suggest that the painting, through its abundant use of anachronism, was intended to liken Alexander’s heroic victory at Issus to the contemporary European conflict with the Ottoman Empire. In particular, the defeat of Suleiman the Magnificent at the Siege of Vienna may have been an inspiration for Altdorfer. A religious undercurrent is detectable, especially in the extraordinary sky this was probably inspired by the prophecies of Daniel and contemporary concern within the Church about an impending apocalypse. The Battle of Alexander at Issus and four others that were part of William’s initial set are in the Alte Pinakothek art museum in Munich.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
You are buying museum quality hand painted oil painting reproduction that will be created by experienced artist after you place an order.
Please notice that painting listing display picture is not a picture of actual reproduction that you will receive but it will look very close to original artwork (display picture is of original artwork). Your individual museum quality oil painting reproduction will be created after you place your order.
Order Process
1st – You place an order on your desired painting reproduction and send payment
2nd – After payment is cleared, we immediately begin a painting process
3rd – After painting is finished, usually it takes about 2-4 weeks, we will contact you via e-mail and send some pictures of the reproduction painting to agree on reproduction quality or some small final additions and adjustments if necessary
4th – Right after we agree on final painting quality and it is sufficiently dry, we will safely dispatch the painting and provide tracking information
Please notice that this painting does not come with a frame and will not be stretched, it comes in rolled canvas form and there are about 2 inches (5 cm) white borders left on all sides for stretching. Painting will be unsigned.
Painting will be packaged as a rolled canvas in a sturdy cardboard or plastic tube for safe and secure delivery. Parcel will be dispatched and shipped from European Union (EU) via fast and reliable shipping service and tracking information will be provided.