Title

The Family of Darius Before Alexander - in the National Gallery - painted by Paul Veronese, 1857. Creator: Henry Duff Linton.

Caption

The Family of Darius Before Alexander [after the battle of Issus, B.C. 333] - in the National Gallery - painted by Paul Veronese, 1857. Engraving of a painting. 'The Royal captives, having mistaken Hephaestion for Alexander, the Queen Mother, Sisygambis, implores pardon of the conqueror, who, pointing to his friend, tells her she has not erred, for Hephaestion is another Alexander. The elder of the two daughters, Statira, kneeling immediately behind her mother, became the wife of Alexander; she was, however, subsequently put to death by Perdiccas, through the instigation of Roxana, the second Persian wife of Alexander. The captive family, presented to the King by one of the Ministers of Darius, is kneeling in the centre of the picture, Alexander and his Generals, Hephaestioon and Parmenio, being on the spectator's right'. From "Illustrated London News", 1857.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM23A76_490

Model release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

48,2Mb (4,8Mb) / 19,2in x 9,7in / 5766 x 2922 (300dpi)

Keywords

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