The Founding of Alexandria-in-Caucaso

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The Founding of Alexandria-in-Caucaso

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Master of the Jardin de vertueuse consolation

Flemish Illuminator

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The anonymous illuminator known as the Master of the Jardin de vertueuse consolation was a particularly gifted follower of the popular Antwerp illuminator Lieven van Lathem. He is named after a manuscript of Pierre d'Ailly's *Jardin de vertueuse consolation,* now in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. Among the works attributed to him, the Getty Museum's *Livre des fais d'Alexandre le grant* is con

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Date
about 1470–1475
Medium
Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold paint, and ink
Culture
French and Flemish
Department
Manuscripts
Institution
Getty Museum
Object ID
d244d983-9489-4abf-b7d1-ccfed519644b

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Alexander the Great surveys the building of a new city, Alexandria-in-Caucaso, at the foot of the Hindu-Kush mountains. Alexander later established his headquarters here as he launched his campaign into Bactria. It was one of seventy cities he founded in an effort to consolidate his rule over lands he had conquered.

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