Alexandria · 331 BC — Hoodie — back view

Alexandria · 331 BC — Hoodie

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Alexandria · 331 BC — Hoodie

Alexandria · 331 BC — Hoodie

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Alexander the Great Founding Alexandria by Placido Costanzi

Placido Costanzi, Alexander the Great Founding Alexandria, 1736–37. Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.

331 BC

Having taken Egypt from the Persians, Alexander chose a strip of coast west of the Nile Delta for a city in his own name. Plutarch says there was no chalk to mark out the plan, so the lines were traced in barley meal. Birds came down and ate it, and the seers read it as a sign that the city would feed many peoples.

The scene

Costanzi shows Alexander in a plumed helmet, pointing, as the architect Dinocrates of Rhodes holds out the plan. Behind them masons are already raising the walls; above, allegorical figures look on from a cloud.

The tomb

Alexander never saw the city finished. After his death in Babylon in 323 BC, his body was taken to Egypt and in time laid in a tomb at Alexandria, where Roman emperors came to see it. Where that tomb stood is still unknown.

The painter

Placido Costanzi (1702–1759) worked in Rome in the classical line of Raphael and Domenichino. He trained under Benedetto Luti and often painted the figures in other artists’ landscapes. In 1735 he was among the painters chosen to supply scenes from Alexander’s life for the throne room of Philip V of Spain at La Granja; this is his study for that canvas. He later led the Accademia di San Luca.



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331 BC. Alexander stands over the architect's plans as the walls of Alexandria rise behind him — a city raised on pure ambition that would stand for two thousand years. This is the empire-builder moment of the collection: not the battle, but everything the battle was for. Build yours.

The gold sun embroidered at the chest; the painting on the back, held in a thin antique-gold frame with its place and year. On our premium pullover hoodie in Navy Blazer — a smooth cotton face over a soft fleece lining.

• 65% ring-spun cotton, 35% polyester
• 100% cotton face
• Fabric weight: 8.5 oz./yd.² (288 g/m²)
• Fleece-lined interior
• Front pouch pocket
• Matching flat drawstrings
• 3-panel hood
• Tear-away label

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A relaxed pullover fit with a pouch pocket. Take your usual size.

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