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Darius Marching to the Battle of Issus
Apollonio di Giovanni was one of the most prominent cassone specialists in Florence. Cassoni (chests) were often produced in pairs, mostly on the occasion of marriages, with depictions of heroic deeds. Here, the Persian ruler Darius is shown going to battle against Alexander the Great.
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/98B(ALEXANDER THE GREAT)411(+0)
- http://iconclass.org/45E2
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/98B(ALEXANDER THE GREAT)411(+0)
- http://iconclass.org/45E2
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- c.1450 - c.1455
Place-Time
- third quarter 15th century
Places
- Florence
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.6328
Provenance
- Inv.;…; collection Conte Carlo Cinughi, Siena, 1912-13;{Schubring 1912/1913, p. 203, pl. IV.} from whom purchased by Prof. Dr Otto Lanz (1865-1935), Amsterdam, before 1934;{Amsterdam 1934, no. 336; Amsterdam 1940, no. 106.} his widow, Anna Theresia Elisabeth Lanz- Willi (1870 - 1954), Amsterdam, 1935; from whom, CHF 2,000,000 and fl. 350,000, with xx other paintings, to Hans Posse (1879-1942), for Adolf Hitler’s Führermuseum, Linz, through the mediation of the dealer N. Katz, 1941;{Van Os 1978, p. 167.} war recuperation, SNK, 20 November 1945 (inv. no. NK 2358);{Provenance from 1934 to 1945 reconstructed by Ekkart et al. 2006; MCCP website, file card no. 4351; the Munich Central Collecting Point number 4351 is recorded in blue on the reverse of the panel.} on loan from the DRVK to the museum, 1952 (inv. no. SK-C-1425); transferred to the museum, 1960
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.5801
- SK-A-3999
Extent
- height 48.5 cm
- width 141.5 cm
Format
- panel
- tempera
- Tempera
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collection: paintings
- collectie: schilderijen
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:16:03.651Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:37:59.057Z