Alexander The Great Italian Tapestry

Alexander The Great Italian Tapestry

Alexander The Great is an Italian jacquard wall tapestry. The artwork is an extract from the Alexander Mosaic, dating from circa 100 BC. It is a Roman floor mosaic originally from the House of the Faun in Pompeii, depicting a battle between the armies of Alexander the Great and Darius III of Persia and measures 2.72 x 5.13m (8 ft 11in x 16 ft 9in). The original is preserved in the Naples National Archaeological Museum. The mosaic is believed to be a copy of an early 3rd century BC Hellenistic painting, possibly by Philoxenos of Eretria.