Alexander Cutting the Gordian Knot, Study for a Fresco in the Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome

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Artist: Perino del Vaga (Pietro Buonaccorsi) (Italian, Florence 1501–1547 Rome)
Date: 1501–47
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash highlighted with white; squared in black chalk
Dimensions: 7 1/2 x 4 7/16in. (19 x 11.2cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Harry G. Sperling Fund, 1984
Accession no.: 1984.413

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Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00016159
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Perino del Vaga (Pietro Buonaccorsi)
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Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00018364
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Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00018899
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Public collection via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00020505

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.