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Lot 434
Aubusson Tapestry "The Triumph of Alexander" after Charles le Brun
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Circa 1700, depicting Alexander the Great entering Babylon after the defeat of Darius III of Persia at the Battle of Issus, who is being tended to by his soldiers as Alexander is led into Babylon by an elephant-pulled chariot where musicians greet his arrival, with scenic landscape views in background, within a floral and scrolled border.

9 ft. 3 in. x 23 ft. 9 in.

From the Collection of a Gentleman, Florida

Sotheby's, New York, Fine European Furniture, 01 October 2010, Sale NO8666, Lot 9

Areas of separation and loss to field and border; with restoration throughout; splits and areas of open warp; with dryness to silks.

$1,000 - 2,000