Alexander and the Family of Darius from a set of The Story of Alexander

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Alexander and the Family of Darius from a set of The Story of Alexander

Charles Le Brun

Date
ca. 1700–1735
Medium
Wool, silk (17-18 warps per inch, 8 per cm.)
Dimensions
8 ft. 9 in. × 12 ft. 5 in. (266.7 × 378.5 cm)
Object type
Tapestry
Classification
Textiles-Tapestries
Culture
Flemish, probably Brussels
Object number
15.43.310
Credit line
Bequest of Mary Anna Palmer Draper, 1915

Artist information

French, Paris 1619–1690 Paris

Subjects and terms

  • Tents
  • Alexander The Great
  • Men
  • Women
  • Forests

The Met object ID 219754. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.