Francesco Solimena (Canale di Serino 1657-1747 Barra), The defeat of Darius by Alexander the Great at the Battle of Issus

Francesco Solimena (Canale di Serino 1657-1747 Barra)
The defeat of Darius by Alexander the Great at the Battle of Issus
oil on canvas
26 x 23 ½ in. (66.1 x 59.6 cm.)

Provenance
(Possibly) Colonna di Stigliano, Naples.
with Hazlitt Gallery, London, by 1969, until 1970,
with Bruno Meissner, Zurich, 1981.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 9 July 1999, lot 208 (£29,900).

Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN COLLECTOR (LOTS 143 & 187)

Literature
(Possibly) F. Bologna, Francesco Solimena, Naples, 1958, p. 257.

Exhibited
Naples, Museo e Gallerie Nazionali di Caponimonte; Palazzo Reale; Museo Diego Aragona Pignatelli Cortes; Museo Nazionale di San Martino; Museo Duca di Martina; Caserta, Palazzo Reale, Civilta del '700 a Napoli 1734-1799, December 1979-October 1980, no. 80, as 'Battalia di Dario contro Allessandro'.
Detroit, Institute of Arts, The Golden Age of Naples, 9 August-1 November 1981, no. 47.