Type: Limited edition prints
Size: 33cm x 48cm / 50cm x 65cm
Tirage: 100 copies each
A pencil drawing of an equestrian bronze group of Alexander the Great (Basileus of Macedon, Hegemon of the Hellenic League, Shahanshah of Persia, Pharaoh of Egypt, Lord of Asia) horseback, National Archaeological Museum of Naples (inv. 4996), 1st century BC.
Found in Herculaneum during the Bourbon excavation campaigns of the 18th century.
The statue of Alexander on horseback, which represents one of the most complete representations of the Macedonian leader, is considered by many to be a miniature copy of the central figure of the bronze group by Lysippos dedicated by Alexander in the sanctuary of Zeus at Dion in Macedonia to commemorate the 25 Companions who in 334 BC lost their lives in the battle against the Persians on the Granicus River. The original bronze group, which was renowned in Hellenistic and Roman times, was brought to Rome in 146 BC by Quintus Caecilius Metellus, who exhibited it in the Porticus Metelli. This could be, therefore, a Roman adaptation of Hellenistic prototypes.
