Alexander attacking the citadel on the Indus / A. Castaigne. – Historic Print
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Step back in time with Alexander attacking the citadel on the Indus / A. Castaigne., a historic print rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Alexander attacking the citadel on the Indus / A. Castaigne.
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Alexander's storming of a fortified town on the Indus, in what is now Pakistan, is the event this canvas depicts. Historians generally place the assault in 326 BC, when Alexander the Great, after crossing into the Punjab, pressed an attack on a citadel held by the Malli people and was badly wounded climbing its wall. André Castaigne, a French-born painter and illustrator who worked in New York, made this oil in 1899, when the Century magazine was publishing ambitious illustrated histories. Castaigne's work from this period reflects a late nineteenth-century taste for dramatic, heroic scenes of classical antiquity.
| Created / published | 1 painting : oil. |
|---|---|
| Genre | Century |
| Notes | [18]99. |
| Subjects | Alexander,--the Great,--356-323 B.C.--Military service. Campaigns & battles--Pakistan. Forts & fortifications--Pakistan. Soldiers--Greek--Pakistan. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,035 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-164960 |
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