# Alexander Cutting the Gordian Knot, Study for a Fresco in the Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome

- By: Perino del Vaga (Pietro Buonaccorsi) (Italian, Florence 1501–1547 Rome)
- Date: 1501–47
- Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash highlighted with white; squared in black chalk
- Classification: Drawings
- Dimensions: 7 1/2 x 4 7/16in. (19 x 11.2cm)
- Culture: Italian
- Credit line: Harry G. Sperling Fund, 1984
- Museum: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/340465)
- Rights: [Public domain (Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/met/CRDImages/dp/web-large/DP811063.jpg
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