The Battle of Alexander at Issus

Albrecht Altdorfer, 1529, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen

‘The Battle of Alexander at Issus’ is a work by Albrecht Altdorfer (1480–1538). It is dated 1529. It is part of the collection Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen. Wikidata links the work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Renaissance’.

It was commissioned by William IV, Duke of Bavaria and Marie of Baden-Sponheim. It is made of oil paint and lime panel. It measures 158 × 120 cm. The work belongs to the genre battle painting. The things depicted include Battle of Issus, Alexander the Great, Darius III, and man.

The catalogue has 213 more works by Albrecht Altdorfer.

• Albrecht Altdorfer
• The Renaissance