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Alexander cuts the Gordian knot
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Alexander cuts the Gordian knot

Theodor Matham · 1627 - 1691 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Alexander the Great cuts the unbreakable Gordian knot through with his sword. Before him a boy with a plate on which the knot was offered to him. Around him two older men (including the Phrygian king Gordius?) and men in armour.

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Credit lineAlexander hakt de Gordiaanse knoop door. 1627 - 1691. Theodor Matham. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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