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The Wedding of Alexander and Roxana
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The Wedding of Alexander and Roxana

Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio · 1515 - 1565 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Alexander the Great, surrounded by putti, approaches the seated Roxana. He offers her a crown. The naked boy Hymenaeus joins the couple in wedlock. Hephaestion, Alexander's companion, stands in the background holding a torch aloft.

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Credit lineBruiloft van Alexander en Roxana. 1515 - 1565. Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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