The pièce de resistance of Bovenbeekstraat 21 in Arnhem is a series of painted wall coverings depicting scenes from the life of the Macedonian King Alexander the Great (356-323 BC). They were copied after works by Charles Le Brun (1619-1690), the famous court painter to Louis XIV (1638-1715). Le Brun made a series of four paintings between 1661 and 1673 to glorify the reign of Louis XIV, who was King of France from 1643 till 1715. The paintings in Arnhem only copy three of the four paintings by Le Brun and are the mirror image of the originals. This is due to the fact that they were copied after prints, which were also reversed. The wall coverings shown here (1 and 2) depict the triumphant entry of Alexander the Great into Babylon. Alexander took this ancient city in Mesopotamia after he had defeated the armies of Darius III (380-330 BC), King of the Achaemenid Empire (r. 336-330 BC), in the Battle of Gaugamela (331 BC). The original of Charles Le Brun (3 and 4) is the @museelouvre in Paris. @vereniginghendrickdekeyser #vereniginghendrickdekeyser #hendrickdekeyser #arnhem #louvre #charleslebrun #louisxiv #alexanderthegreat #dariusiii #gaugamela #battleofgaugamela #babylon #achaemenid #achaemenidempire #history #painting #schilderij (bij Arnhem, Netherlands) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4sszoYF4yM/?igshid=19usxuvs67o5r















