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Oil painting of robed figures by trees on the left, pointing toward a rounded mountain peak over a distant valley under cloudy sky.

Mount Athos Carved as a Monument to Alexander the Great

A classical landscape in warm, hazy light shows a group of robed figures at left, one pointing toward a rocky, rounded mountain peak on the right. Tall trees frame the foreground, and a distant river and small buildings lie in the valley beneath brooding clouds.

Artist
Pierre Henri de Valenciennes
Date
1796
Medium
Oil on canvas
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 762 px
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Harold T. Martin

Español: El monte Athos tallado como monumento a Alejandro Magno

Un paisaje clásico de luz cálida y brumosa muestra a un grupo de figuras con túnicas a la izquierda, una de ellas señalando hacia una cima montañosa rocosa y redondeada a la derecha. Árboles altos enmarcan el primer plano, y un río lejano y pequeñas construcciones yacen en el valle bajo nubes densas.

Português: Monte Athos esculpido como monumento a Alexandre, o Grande

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