Lairesse, Gerard de, Amsterdam, unknown, Glauber, Johannes, The Fall of Empires in Classical Antiquity, Fatum Persarum, Alexander the Great Mourns the Death of King Darius II of Persia, verso bottom center - stamped, Round representation. Alexander the Great sits on a throne, surrounded by soldiers. One of the soldiers shows him the body of King Darius III of Persia, murdered by Bessus, one of his own soldiers. Alexander mourns the death of his opponent. The print is after a lost bas-relief by Gerard de Lairesse and is part of a four-part series on the subject of the fall of world empires in classical antiquity., print, prent, prints, height 310 mm, width 314 mm, 1646 - 1726, print maker, printmaker, 1684 - 1726, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Noord-Nederlands, 1641 - 1711, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by
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Lairesse, Gerard de, Amsterdam, unknown, Glauber, Johannes, Fall, Empires, Classical Antiquity, Fatum Persarum, Alexander, Great Mourns, Death, King Darius II, Persia, verso bottom center - stamped, Round representation, Great sits, throne, surrounded, soldiers, body, King Darius III, murdered, Bessus, own soldiers, Alexander mourns, death, opponent, print, lost bas-relief, Gerard de Lairesse, part, four-part series, subject, fall, world empires, classical antiquity, prent, prints, height 310 mm, width 314 mm, 1646 - 1726, print maker, printmaker, 1684 - 1726, paper, papier, etching, etchings, Noord-Nederlands, 1641 - 1711, intermediary draughtsman, drawing
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