Alexander the Great and the Family of Darius, by Felice Giani (c. 1758–1823), housed in the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, [Public Domain] via Creative Commons and Smithsonian Open Access

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Alexander the Great and the Family of Darius, by Felice Giani (c. 1758–1823), housed in the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, [Public Domain] via Creative Commons and Smithsonian Open Access

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