The Family of Darius Before Alexander

Paolo Veronese, 1565, National Gallery

‘The Family of Darius Before Alexander’ is a work by Paolo Veronese (Italy, 1528–1588). It is dated 1565. It is part of the collection National Gallery. Wikidata links the work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Mannerism’.

It is made of oil paint and canvas. It measures 236 × 475 cm. The work belongs to the genre history painting. The things depicted include Alexander the Great and family.