Battle of the Hydaspes between Alexander the Great and the Indian king Porus. 1729-1755.

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

Engraving, etching. 470 x 850.

Under the image, on the left: Char. le Brun pinx.; in the center, on both sides of the coat of arms, inscriptions in French and Latin: La Vertu plaist quoique vaincue. Alexandre n’est pas seulement louche de compassion… grand Royaume. | Sic Virtus et victa placet. Pori Regis vicli... ampliore Regno; 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 (1672-1673) by Charles Le Brun is in the Louvre (Paris).

Inv. G 672.

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