The Battles of Alexander

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The Battles of Alexander is a celebrated series of grand historical paintings by Charles Le Brun depicting key military victories of Alexander the Great.

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instanceOf history painting series
painting series
appliedOn canvas
artisticSchool French classical painting
associatedWith Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture
collection Musée du Louvre
linked to: Louvre Museum
commissionedBy Louis XIV
linked to: Louis XIV of France
commissionedFor Palace of Versailles
comparedTo The Battles of Constantine (Raphael workshop)
completionDate 1670s
countryOfOrigin France
creator Charles Le Brun
depictionStyle grand manner
depicts Alexander the Great
depictsEvent Battle of Gaugamela
Battle of Issus
Battle of the Granicus
linked to: Battle of Granicus

Battle of the Hydaspes
depictsPerson Alexander the Great
Darius III
Porus
linked to: King Porus
depictsTheme conquest
military glory
royal heroism
genre history painting
hasInfluenceOn French academic history painting
hasPart The Battle of Arbela
linked to: Battle of Gaugamela

The Battle of Granicus
linked to: Battle of Granicus

The Battle of Issus
linked to: Battle of Issus

The Battle of the Hydaspes
The Defeat of Porus
The Family of Darius before Alexander
inception 1660s
influencedBy Classical antiquity
Roman triumphal imagery
intendedFunction royal propaganda
languageOfInscriptions French
location Louvre Museum
mainSubject military victories of Alexander the Great
materialUsed oil paint
movement French Baroque
notableWorkOf Charles Le Brun
patron Louis XIV
linked to: Louis XIV of France
period 17th century

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Charles Le Brun notableWork The Battles of Alexander