Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
N.d.
Primary Source Reference:
Du Simitière Scraps, Library Company of Philadelphia, no. 38, 3
Notes:
The artist, possibly Du Simitière, is not specified. The Battle of the Granicus River in May 334 BC was the first of three major battles fought between Alexander the Great and the Persian Empire. Fought in northwestern Asia Minor, near the site of Troy, it was here that Alexander defeated the forces of the Persian satraps of Asia Minor, including a large force of Greek mercenaries led by Memnon of Rhodes. (Wikipedia)
Charles Le Brun's (1619-1690) painting is in the Louvre, Paris (INV. 2894).
