Two studies of a Standing Man with a Sword (Alexander the Great); verso: Studies of a Leg, an Arm, a Hand, and a Figure's Neck ca. 1601 Peter Candid (Pieter de Witte, Pietro Candido) Netherlandish This double-sided sheet is a preparatory drawing for a monumental canvas depicting Alexander the Great, one of a series of eight paintings of ancient and early Bavarian rulers executed in Candids studio between 1601 and 1605 for Maximilian Is palace (Residenz) in Munich. The painting of Alexander, which survived the partial destruction of the Residenz during World War II and remains in Munich (Residenz mit Innenhöfen, Gemäldedepot), shows the Macedonian leader with the Gordion Knot. According to a Phrygian legend, an oracle had predicted that he who was able to untangle this impossible knot would conquer Asia. Alexanders solution was to cut it with his sword. One of three known drawings related to this painting (the other two, also on pink-prepared paper, are in Berlin and Stuttgart[1), t

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Two studies of a Standing Man with a Sword (Alexander the Great); verso: Studies of a Leg, an Arm, a Hand, and a Figure's Neck ca. 1601 Peter Candid (Pieter de Witte, Pietro Candido) Netherlandish This double-sided sheet is a preparatory drawing for a monumental canvas depicting Alexander the Great, one of a series of eight paintings of ancient and early Bavarian rulers executed in Candids studio between 1601 and 1605 for Maximilian Is palace (Residenz) in Munich. The painting of Alexander, which survived the partial destruction of the Residenz during World War II and remains in Munich (Residenz mit Innenhöfen, Gemäldedepot), shows the Macedonian leader with the Gordion Knot. According to a Phrygian legend, an oracle had predicted that he who was able to untangle this impossible knot would conquer Asia. Alexanders solution was to cut it with his sword. One of three known drawings related to this painting (the other two, also on pink-prepared paper, are in Berlin and Stuttgart[1), t

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