339 - Alexander cutting the Gordian knot

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MCPP/FF/FPR/L/339

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Alexander cutting the Gordian knot

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  • undated (Creation)

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Etching on paper

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(1593-1637)

Biographical history

Educated at Clare Hall/College; Fellow of Clare. From 1618 to 1624 he was director to the affairs of the Virginia Company. Ferrar was ordained as a deacon in 1626 and founded the small Anglican community of Little Gidding, Huntingdonshire, shortly after his mother Mary Ferrar purchased the land there in 1624.

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(1588-1657)

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The loose Ferrar prints were conserved in 2014-2015. Please note that the digital images of the prints were captured before conservation work took place.

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22.2 cm x 28.2 cm

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Engraver: Antonio Tempesta

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Part of a set of twelve prints depicting the history of Alexander the Great.
Plate 2

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Text in the lower margin: "Gordius en nodus: quem si dissolueret [...] strictoque praeoccupat ense."

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Digital image of the print available online (subscription service only): https://www.virginiacompanyarchives.amdigital.co.uk/Documents/Detail/ferrar-print-339/519536

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Bartsch, A. von Le peintre-graveur, Vienna, 1803-21 (544)

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  • Box: Ferrar Prints Box 4