Alexander Entering Babylon, or The Triumph of Alexander 1665

by Charles Le Brun

(Museum: Department of Paintings of the Louvre)
Alexander, standing in a chariot drawn by two elephants, makes his triumphant entry into Babylon; in the background, one can make out the terraces of hanging gardens. Read more > [link=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27097122]Wikimedia commons[/link]

Size:: H. 4.50 m; W. 7.07 m
Credit:: Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
More:: http://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/alexander-babylon

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