# The Family of Darius before Alexander [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [LE BRUN, Charles]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 164 x 260 cm ## Commentary The Family of Darius before Alexander c. 1660 Oil on canvas, 164 x 260 cm Musée National du Château, Versailles The large canvases at Versailles depicting the life of Alexander the Great were designed to be translated into tapestries, guaranteeing them a broader impact. But in their colour and drama they can only be considered as a powerful and concerted adaptation of Italian models established by Giulio Romano and Pietro de Cortona. The painting represents the scene when the Queen of Persia is kneeling at the feet of Alexander the Great. ## Related artworks - [Adoration of the Shepherds]() - [Aerial view]() - [Alexander and Porus \(detail\)]() - [Alexander and Porus]() - [Alexander and Porus]() - [Alexander Entering Babylon, or The Triumph of Alexander]() - [Alexander Entering Babylon, or The Triumph of Alexander]() - [Allegory: Sculpture Working on the King's Bust]() - [Apotheose of Louis XIV]() - [Capture of the City and Citadel of Gand in Six Days, 1678]() - [Chancellor Séguier at the Entry of Louis XIV into Paris]() - [Crossing the Granicus]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()