Contains nudity
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Alexander Entering Babylon
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Horatius Cocles Defending the Bridge
Charles Le Brun
1642 · Oil Paint, Canvas
A powerful 17th-century masterpiece by Charles Le Brun capturing the heroic Roman defense of the Sublician bridge.
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Where it works
A bold work with active energy with rich warm-brown color — brings a composed sense of weight.
- Often works in
- Living Room · Library · Study
- Placement
- Works well when the wall can carry a broader statement
- Walls
- Reads strongest when the wall gives it contrast
- Color notes
- Rich brown, Charcoal black, Soft white
About the piece
Painted in 1642 by the premier French artist Charles Le Brun, this dramatic work depicts the Roman hero Horatius Cocles single-handedly holding back the Etruscan army. The composition is a tour de force of Baroque energy, featuring vibrant blues, theatrical lighting, and allegorical figures including the River Tiber in the foreground and a goddess bestowing a laurel wreath from the sky.
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