Antonio Molinari 1655/65 Venice - 1704/34 , attributed, Part of Dario's family at Alexander's feet

This painting is a detail from the complex painting La familia de Dario a los pies de Alejandro, which depicts a dangerous situation after Alexander the Great took over the enemy camp of Dario. In anxious expectation, the aged Sisygambis, Dario's mother, begs for mercy for herself and the harem. However, it turns out that she did not throw herself at the feet of the Macedonian ruler Alexander, but rather Hephaiston, his friend. Alexander solves this situation without becoming violent towards the women. This moment of dissolution and relief can also be seen in this excerpt: the young man in a submissive but not fearful attitude reaches into a box full of jewelery and jewels and, looking upwards, wants to hand it over to Hephaestion and Alexander the Great. Detailed depiction in convincing painterly quality by the baroque painter of the Venetian school
Dimensions:
72 x 60 cm
Medium:
Oil/canvas, relined on hardboard