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.
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