# The Death of the Wife of Darius [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [LAGRENÉE, Louis-Jean-François]() - Date: 1751-1800 - Technique: Oil on canvas ## Commentary After defeating Darius, King of Persia \(330 BC\), Alexander the Great goes to pay his respects before the body of his enemy's wife, who died in captivity. Lagrenée drew so openly on the art of the painter Charles Le Brun that he was accused of plagiarising The Tent of Darius \(1660, Château de Versailles\). ## Related artworks - [Allegory on the Death of the Dauphin]() - [Aurora's Take Off]() - [Bacchus and Ariadne]() - [Ceres and Triptolemus]() - [Charles and Ubalde]() - [Cupid and Psyche]() - [David and Bathsheba]() - [Diana and Endymion]() - [Justice and Clemency]() - [Love Consoling Painting from the Critics of her Enemies]() - [Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan]() - [Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()