The Battle of Arbela from a set of The Story of Alexander
ca. 1700–1735
Medium
Wool, silk (17-18 warps per inch, 8 per cm.)
Dimensions
8 ft. 9 in. × 12 ft. (266.7 × 365.8 cm)
Classification
Textiles-Tapestries
Culture
Flemish, probably Brussels
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Mary Anna Palmer Draper, 1915
Accession Number
15.43.309
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About the Artist
Charles Le Brun · 1619–1690
Charles Le Brun (1619–1690) was the most powerful artistic figure in seventeenth-century France, serving as the virtual dictator of official taste during the reign of Louis XIV and shaping the visual identity of the French Baroque in ways that resonated for generations. Born in Paris, he trained under the painter Simon Vouet before traveling to Rome in 1642, where he studied the works of Nicolas P...