Alexander_the_Great_Receiving_News_of_the_Death_by_Immolation_of_the_Indian_Gymnosophist_Calanus_-_Jean-Baptiste_de_Champaigne_-_1672.jpeg

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Jean Baptiste de Champaigne : Alexander the Great Receiving News of the Death by Immolation of the Indian Gymnosophist Calanus wikidata:Q124629897 reasonator:Q124629897
Artist
Jean Baptiste de Champaigne (1631–1681) wikidata:Q3164509 s:fr:Auteur:Jean-Baptiste de Champaigne
Jean Baptiste de Champaigne
Alternative names
Jean-Baptiste Champagne
Description -French painter, drawer and teacher
Date of birth/death 10 December 1631 (baptised) 27 October 1681 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death City of Brussels Paris
Work location
Paris (15 May 1643-1681), Italy (1658-1659), City of Brussels (1660-1661, 1665-1666, 1673)
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artist QS:P170,Q3164509
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Title
Alexander the Great Receiving News of the Death by Immolation of the Indian Gymnosophist Calanus
label QS:Len,"Alexander the Great Receiving News of the Death by Immolation of the Indian Gymnosophist Calanus"
label QS:Lel,"Ο Μέγας Αλέξανδρος Λαμβάνει τα Νέα του Θανάτου μέσω Καύσης του Ινδού Γυμνοσοφιστή Κάλανου"
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description

Alexander the Great Receiving News of the Death by Immolation of the Indian Gymnosophist Calanus , painting by Jean-Baptiste de Champaigne, 1672.
Jean Baptiste de Champaigne (10 December 1631, Brussels – 27 October 1681, Paris), was a Flemish Baroque painter and teacher.

Kalanos, also spelled Calanus (c. 398 - 323 BCE) was a Brahman sage, who accompanied Alexander the Great to Persia and later committed suicide by self-immolation according to his customs.
Date 7 April 2009, 01:00:00
Château de Versailles
Source/Photographer http://en.gallerix.ru/album/Versailles/pic/glrx-120046890

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