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Deutsch: Den Leichnam des Darius bedeckt Alexander mit seinem Mantel, Radierung von Bernhard Rode 1769/70. "Darius auf einem Wagen, in goldene Fesseln und mit einem Pfeile getodetet. Die Tiara ist ihm vom Haupte gefallen. Alexander vergießt Tränen über ihn, und bedeckt ihn mit seinem Purpurmantel. Der griechische Soldat, der ihm kurz vor seinem Tode mit einem Trunk Wasser erquickt und den Alexander zu ihm geführt hatte, sieht voll Mitleid, dass er schon gestorben ist." (Katalog der Berliner Akademie Ausstellung 1794: 3. In: Die Kataloge der Berliner Akademie-Ausstellungen 1786-1850, bearb. v. H. Börsch-Supan, Bd. 1, Berlin 1971.) Literarische Quelle: Quintus Rufus Curtius, Das Leben Alexanders des Großen, 5. Buch, 13, 25.
English: Alexander Covers the Body of Darius with His Cloak, engraving by Bernhard Rode 1769-70. "Darius on a wagon, in golden shackles and killed by an arrow. His tiara has fallen from his head. Alexander spills tears over him and covers him with his purple cloak. The Greek soldier who succored him with a drink of water shortly before his death and led Alexander to him, sees with a look of pity that he has already died." (Catalog of the Exhibition of the Berlin Academy, 1794, 3, in Die Kataloge der Berliner Akademie-Ausstellungen 1786-1850, ed. by H. Börsch-Supan, vol. 1 [Berlin 1971].) Literary source: Quintus Rufus Curtius, The Life of Alexander the Great, Book 5, 13.
Date engraving: 1769-70; photo: 2009-01-17
Source eigene Fotografie (own photography of a privately owned engraving)
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Bernhard Rode  (1725–1797)  wikidata:Q465314
 
Bernhard Rode
Alternative names
Rode, Christian Bernhard; Rode, Christian Bernhardt
Description German painter, printmaker and visual artist
Date of birth/death between July 1725 and 22 July 1725
date QS:P,+1725-07-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1319,+1725-07-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1326,+1725-07-22T00:00:00Z/11
 Edit this at Wikidata		 24 June 1797 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Berlin Edit this at Wikidata Berlin Edit this at Wikidata
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Berlin (1740–1750); Paris (1750–1752); Italy (1754–1755); Berlin (1755–) Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q465314


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