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Summary

Jean-Simon Berthélemy: Alexander cuts the Gordian Knot  wikidata:Q59211598 reasonator:Q59211598
Artist
Jean-Simon Berthélemy  (1743–1811)  wikidata:Q3174641
 
Jean-Simon Berthélemy
Description French painter
Date of birth/death 5 March 1743 Edit this at Wikidata 1 March 1811 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Laon Paris
Work location
Rome (1771–1774); Paris; Paris (–1811) Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q3174641
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Title
French:
Alexandre coupe le noeud gordien

title QS:P1476,fr:"Alexandre coupe le noeud gordien"
label QS:Lfr,"Alexandre coupe le noeud gordien"
label QS:Lde,"Alexander durchschlägt den gordischen Knoten"
label QS:Len,"Alexander cuts the Gordian Knot"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre history painting Edit this at Wikidata
Depicted people Alexander the Great Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1767 Edit this at Wikidata
Medium oil on canvas Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 113 cm (44.4 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 145 cm (57 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+113U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+145U174728
institution QS:P195,Q273593
Accession number
Exhibition history Académie royale, 1767
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Alexander cuts the Gordian Knot, painting by Berthelemy ca. 1767

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