File:Xerxes, King of the Persians, Crosses a Bridge with His Army. Paris, about 1413–1415.jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file ‎(4,420 × 6,702 pixels, file size: 6.81 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary[edit]

Description
English: Though the bridge shown here resembles one that the artist might have seen spanning the Seine in Paris during the 1400s, the Boucicaut Master meant to represent the immense bridge that Xerxes I, the great Persian king, constructed to facilitate his invasion of Greece in 480 B.C. Of positively gigantic size, the bridge linked Asia Minor with Europe, and the entire Persian army--a million men--crossed it on foot. The author Boccaccio reported that soldiers sliced mountains and filled valleys in constructing their path, but he did not state exactly how the bridge was made. Historians today believe Xerxes' incredible bridge was actually made of ships linked together.

Xerxes, King of the Persians, Crosses a Bridge with His Army; Unknown; about 1413–1415; Tempera colors, gold leaf, gold paint, and ink on parchment; Leaf: 42 × 29.6 cm (16 9/16 × 11 5/8 in.); Ms. 63 (96.MR.17), fol. 77v; No Copyright - United States (http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/)

Place: Paris, France (Place Created)

Culture:

French
Date about 1413–1415
Source https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/107TY2
Author Boucicaut Master or workshop (French, active about 1390 - 1430)

Licensing[edit]

Creative Commons CC-Zero This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.
The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of their rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current23:51, 9 August 2022Thumbnail for version as of 23:51, 9 August 20224,420 × 6,702 (6.81 MB)LouisAragon (talk | contribs)Uploaded a work by Boucicaut Master or workshop (French, active about 1390 - 1430) from https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/107TY2 with UploadWizard

You cannot overwrite this file.

There are no pages that use this file.

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Xerxes,_King_of_the_Persians,_Crosses_a_Bridge_with_His_Army._Paris,_about_1413–1415.jpg&oldid=688931642"