Veronese, The Family of Darius Before Alexander

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Paolo Veronese, The Family of Darius before Alexander, 1565-67, oil on canvas, 236.2 x 474.9 cm (The National Gallery, London). Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.
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Beautifully analyzed. You made the painting come to life for me. Thank you.

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Family is a particularly sensitive topic for me today. Against all better judgment, I binged a documentary about one of the worst crimes I've ever heard within a family and now I suppose I hope to hear better.

Oof, taken hostage and begging for mercy with the father being the sole escapee.. Not too much better. 😅

I was immediately curious what's confusing about this piece. It is interesting to see some of the added characters - especially that bandit monkey, lol. I'd love to know what he's holding and there for, but I imagine much of these figures are filler.

It was nice to hear of Alexander's graciousness. That's certainly not the way things played out last night, so I needed a reminder that there is room for both cruelty and mercy in this world.

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