Source: didoofcarthage
Magnanimity of Alexander the Great (Marquee of Darius) after Charles LeBrun
1670s
line engraving
State Hermitage Museum
Source: hermitagemuseum.org
“Excavation of Persepolis (Iran): Tachara Palace (Palace of Darius), Central Facade of Western Stairway: View of Relief Picturing Gift-Bearing Delegates Led by a Median Usher”
1923-1928
glass negative from the Ernst Herzfeld Papers
Freer and Sackler Archives
Source: siris-archives.si.edu
“Excavation of Persepolis (Iran): Tachara Palace (Palace of Darius), Central Facade of Southern Stairway: Detail View of Relief Picturing a Rampant Regardant Bull”
1923-1928
glass negative from the Ernst Herzfeld Papers
Freer and Sackler Archives
Source: siris-archives.si.edu
“Excavation of Persepolis (Iran): Tachara Palace (Palace of Darius), Eastern Apartment, East Jamb of Doorway Linking the Two Apartment Rooms: View of Relief Picturing Royal Hero Strangling a Young Lion”
1923-1928
glass negative from the Ernst Herzfeld Papers
Freer and Sackler Archives
Source: siris-archives.si.edu
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Details from the ancient “Alexander Mosaic”, which depicts a battle between the armies of Alexander the Great and Darius III of Persia and was uncovered from the House of the Faun in the Roman city of Pompeii. Now currently housed at the Naples National Archaeological Museum.
Source: last-of-the-romans
The Family of Darius Before Alexander by Paolo Veronese
c. 1565-1570
oil on canvas
The National Gallery, London
Source: wikipaintings.org