Set within a gold frame, the head and chest of a young man wearing an ornate helmet and armor, facing our right in profile, is carved in relief from white marble in this vertical panel. The man has a long nose, smooth cheeks, closed bow lips, and a snub chin. Curls burst from beneath his helmet, which sweeps from up over his forehead down to the back of his neck. The lifted visor curves up and out past his nose, and is decorated with vines and flowers. The crown of the helmet spirals like a snail shell over the man’s head, and a dragon perches along the top. The dragon has a dog’s head, a…
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Alexander the Great

sculptor Florentine 15th Century

Workshop of related artist Andrea del Verrocchio (Florentine, c. 1435 - 1488)

c. 1483/1485

Medium
marble
Classification
Sculpture
Dimensions
overall: 55.9 x 36.7 cm (22 x 14 7/16 in.) ; framed: 88.9 x 71.8 x 8.6 cm (35 x 28 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.)
Culture
Florentine
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CSD
Credit line
Gift of Therese K. Straus
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

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