Alexander the Great Sets Fire to Persepolis

Alexander the Great Sets Fire to Persepolis, Relief in marble. Executed in 1865 by Brynjulf Larsen Bergslien and Christian Constantin Olsen under the supervision af H.W. Bissen, after Thorvaldsen’s original model from 1832. (A 514). Thorvaldsen Museum (Copenhagen, Denmark). Made with Memento Beta (now ReMake) from AutoDesk. In Thorvaldsen’s work, Alexander the Great is mainly associated with the so-called Alexander Frieze from 1812. What is portrayed here is a rather different aspect of Alexan