Alexander the Great's triumphal entry into Babylon.

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

Engraving, etching. 465 x 545.

Under the image, on the left: Car. le Brun pinxit.; right: Picault sculpt.; in the center, on both sides of the coat of arms, inscriptions in French and Latin: Ainsi par la Vertu s'élévent les Héros. Entrée triomphante d’Alexandre dans Babilone ... du people. | Sic Virtus evehit ardens. Alexander Babilonem sibi deditam triumphali ... ingreditur; below: Ce Tableau est au Cabinet de sa Majesté. Il a 16 pieds de haut sur 21 pi. 5 p.m. de long. | Asservata in Pinacothecâ Regiâ 16 ped alta, et 21 ped et 5 poll. lata.

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

Inv. G 571.

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.