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Charles Le Brun: English: Crossing the Granicus.

Français : Le Passage du Granique.

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Gérard Audran etching & engraving after a painting by
Charles Le Brun  (1619–1690)  wikidata:Q271676 s:it:Autore:Charles Le Brun
 
Charles Le Brun
Alternative names
Charles Lebrun
Description French painter, architect, decorator, designer, graphic artist and printmaker
Date of birth/death 24 February 1619 Edit this at Wikidata 12 February 1690
Location of birth/death Paris Paris
Work location
Paris (....-1642), Rome (1642-1646), Paris (1646-....), Versailles (1679-1684, 1886)
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q271676
Title
English: Crossing the Granicus.
Français : Le Passage du Granique.
Description
This image depicts the moment when Alexander the Great's forces crossed into Asia in 334 B.C. and engaged the Persian army on the banks of the river Granicus (Kocabas) near the site of ancient Troy. Alexander, in the center of the composition, finds himself surrounded by Persians wearing winged helmets and turbans. The fate of his enemies is sealed by the ax of the nearby Clitus the Black, an officer in Alexander's elite cavalry. The conceit of the image points to Alexander's triumph as evidence of heroic princely virtue. Thus, as the print's motto states, "Virtue surmounts every obstacle."
Date 1672
date QS:P571,+1672-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium Etching and engraving, four sheets
Dimensions height: 70 cm (27.5 in); width: 137.6 cm (54.1 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,70U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,137.6U174728
Getty Research Institute
Current location
Los Angeles, CA
Source/Photographer http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/grand_manner/granicus_zm.html
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