Alexander the Great receiving the news of the death by immolation of the gymnosophist Calanus

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Number:029804

Title:Alexander the Great receiving the news of the death by immolation of the gymnosophist Calanus

Artist: Champaigne, Jean-Baptiste de (1631-1681)

Museum: Musée de l'Histoire de France, Château de Versailles

Method: Oil on canvas

Created: 1672

School: France

Category: Mythology, Allegory and Literature
History

Trend in art: Baroque

Keywords: Self-immolation, Alexander the Great, Alexander III of Macedon, Kalanos, Calanus, Gymnosophist, Gymnosophists