Famous work · not an exact-location map point
The Battle of Alexander at Issus
Real-world connection
No single real-world viewpoint
This famous work does not have a single exact real-world viewpoint. The connection below explains its actual relationship to the real world.
- Date
- 1529-01-01
- Real-world link
- Real-world connection
Location relations
Each kind of real-world link is kept separate — a documented viewpoint is never merged with a depicted place or a creation location.
Inspired by this place — general area
Battle of Issus
Where the original is now
Bavarian State Painting Collections
In the collection of Bavarian State Painting Collections
On-view status is not live-verified — check the museum before visiting.
Sources
- Alte Pinakothek, Munich (Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen) — collection record for Albrecht Altdorfer, ‘Die Alexanderschlacht’ (‘The Battle of Alexander at Issus’), inv. 688; 1529, oil on limewood panel, 158 × 120 cm; painted for Duke Wilhelm IV of Bavaria (sammlung.pinakothek.de)
- Christopher S. Wood, ‘Albrecht Altdorfer and the Origins of Landscape’ (Reaktion Books, 1993)