# Alexander before the Corpse of Darius

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## Artwork

- Artist: [CROSATO, Giovanni Battista](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/crosato-giovanni-battista-rbdf06ef21c3d82>)
- Date: 1701-1750
- Technique: Fresco

## Commentary

This scene is one the two scenes on the entrance wall flanking the door to the ballroom. In this scene the theatrical gesture of the Macedonian king, who uses his own red cloak to cover the body of the Persian enemy on the ground before him, killed by his soldiers, who now look on, immobile, is highly melodramatic.

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- [Apelles Making a Portrait of the Courtesan Campaspe](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/crosato-giovanni-battista-rbdf06ef21c3d82/apelles-making-a-portrait-of-the-courtesan-campaspe-r1820156dc41f6b>)
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- [Apollo and Allegories of the Four Corners of the World](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/crosato-giovanni-battista-rbdf06ef21c3d82/apollo-and-allegories-of-the-four-corners-of-the-world-r33e82e9326f419>)
- [Ceiling decoration](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/crosato-giovanni-battista-rbdf06ef21c3d82/ceiling-decoration-rbde2d87c3248ee>)
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- [Ceiling painting: Sacrifice of Iphigenia](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/crosato-giovanni-battista-rbdf06ef21c3d82/ceiling-painting-sacrifice-of-iphigenia-r3415a985c22abf>)
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## Attribution

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