
Augustus at the Tomb of Alexander
Sébastien Bourdon, c. 1643
Augustus has Alexander the Great's sarcophagus opened in Alexandria. Soldiers and priests crowd the steps as the new master of the Roman world looks on the conqueror he means to outdo.

Sébastien Bourdon, c. 1643
Augustus has Alexander the Great's sarcophagus opened in Alexandria. Soldiers and priests crowd the steps as the new master of the Roman world looks on the conqueror he means to outdo.
A wider world, at home.

