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Charger with Alexander the Great Defeating Darius Surrounded by the Four Continents
From the collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Oval, with four repoussé martial trophies on marli, wreath around center. Applied, on marli, four high relief medallions with the Four Continents (after Stefano della Bella's playing cards, published in Paris in 1646). Asia, turbaned, in chariot drawn by two elephants; Europe, crowned, drawn by horses; Africa, with feather headdress and parasol, drawn by lions; America, in feather headdress and tunic, drawn by armadillos. In center, relief plaque of Alexander and King Darius, lying dead in battle chariot with attending warriors (after an etching of 1645 by Hans Ulrich Frank).
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s own descriptionCredit lineCharger with Alexander the Great Defeating Darius Surrounded by the Four Continents. 1689. Adolf Gaap, German, active in Augsburg, 1664 – 1695. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde. CC0.
