The Triumphal Entry of Alexander into Babylon, XVI (Reduction) - Item #735

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The Triumphal Entry of Alexander into Babylon, XVI (Reduction) - Item #73516 Inches High x 18. 5 Inches Wide x 1. 25 Inches Deep This panel is from the frieze called the Triumphal Entry of Alexander into Babylon. Depicted is a Macedonian soldier on horseback in the train of Alexander the Great. Thorvaldsen was commissioned to create the frieze for Napoleon's visit to Rome which, in the end, did not occur, but Thorvaldsens reputation nonetheless was secured. His copy of the frieze for Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen was

68 Inches High x 21 Inches Wide x 18 Inches Deep

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while the Nine Muses dance around the Three Graces

High Museum of Art

The man depicted in the classical drapery on the far right is Napoleon

The original piece was commissioned between 451 and 447 B

Our reduction cast is a fragment of the original as it is missing its arms and the rest of its legs

"The Idol (or Idolino)

and is attributed to Praxiteles

" Victoria and Albert Museum

This bust is a portrait of the Greek playwright

This copy doesn't extend as far to the left as the original