The Battle of Alexander at Issus, Albrecht Altdorfer, 1529

The battle of issus between the macedonian armies led by alexander the great, and the achaemenid persians led by shah darius iii, in the year 333 bc. Alexander won it and ended the persians' westward expansion. Object Type: painting. Genre: battle painting. Date: 1529. Dimensions: height: 158.4 cm (62.3 in); width: 120.3 cm (47.3 in) (trimmed on all sides). Medium: lime. Collection: Alte Pinakothek. Albrecht Altdorfer - Schlacht bei Issus (Alte Pinakothek, München) - Google Art Project