The Battle of Granicus between Alexander the Great and the Persians. 1729–1755.

From the engraving by J. Audran after the original by Ch. Le Brun.

Engraving, etching. 475 x 750.

Under the image, on the left: Char. le Brun pinx., on the right: Picault sculp.; in the center, on both sides of the coat of arms, inscriptions in French and Latin: La Vertu surmonte tout obstacle. Alexandre ayant passé le Granique, attaque les Perses… multitude. | Virtus omni obice major... Alexander superato Granico, Persas imparibus... fundit; below: Ce tableau est dans le Cabinet de Sa Majesté... | Asservata in Pinacothecâ Regiâ...; in the center: A Paris chez la Ve. de F. Chereau, rue S. Jacques, aux 2 Piliers d’or.

The painting original (1664-1665) by Charles Le Brun is in the Louvre (Paris).

Inv. G 674.

Literature: Nagler, Bd. 11, p. 266 № 2, Le Blanc, t. 3, p. 198, № 4.

Le Brun, Charles (1619, Paris – 1690, Paris) — French painter and draftsman, one of the most outstanding representatives of classicism art, the founder and leading figure of the Grand Styl of the Louis XIV era.