King Porus, wounded, carried before Alexander the Great after the battle of the Hydaspes River (La Vertu plaît quoi que vaincue! Sic virtus et victa placet) (after Charles Le Brun)
Gérard Audran (Lyon 1640 - Paris 1703)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1670 - 1730
Materials
Paper
Measurements
780 x 1655 x 35 mm
Order this imageCollection
Dunster Castle, Somerset
NT 725549
Summary
Print, engraving, King Porus, wounded, carried before Alexander the Great after the battle of the Hydaspes River (La Vertu plaît quoi que vaincue! Sic virtus et victa placet) (after Charles Le Brun) by Gérard Audran (Lyon 1640 - Paris 1703). Alexander admiring the greatness of soul of King Porus whom ...prisoner not only pities him but (as an honourable mark of his Esteem) admits him .as his friend and gives him a Kingdom greater... After Le Brun's Victories of Alexander. One of 9 framed engravings of Classical Battles.
Provenance
Reference to 1781 inventory, Spirit's Room '9 prints of Alexander's battles on straining frames at £1.0.6d apiece (but worth much more per Mr. Phelps)'.
Makers and roles
Gérard Audran (Lyon 1640 - Paris 1703), engraver (printmaker) after Charles Le Brun (Paris 1619 – Paris 1690), publisher