\paperw19995 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 This painting celebrates Alexander the GreatÆs victory over the Persian army led by Darius in the battle fought at Issus in
333 BC. The work is part of a series of pictures of historical subjects commissioned by Duke William IV of Bavaria and his wife. Altdorfer has set the event in an imaginary landscape but one whose elements are realistically depicted.