Art, literature & history
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg
Alexander the Great on his Sickbed
1806
- Dating
- Exact year
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- [{"notes": "545 x 655 mm", "part": "Netto", "type": "højde", "unit": "centimeter", "value": "54.5"}, {"notes": "545 x 655 mm", "part": "Netto", "type": "bredde", "unit": "centimeter", "value": "65.5"}, {"notes": "688 x 799 x 75 mm", "part": "Brutto", "type": "højde", "unit": "centimeter", "value": "68.8"}, {"notes": "688 x 799 x 75 mm", "part": "Brutto", "type": "bredde", "unit": "centimeter", "value": "79.9"}, {"notes": "688 x 799 x 75 mm", "part": "Brutto", "type": "dybde", "unit": "centimeter", "value": "7.5"}]
- Collection no.
- KMS7379
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- Public Domain Mark 1.0License details
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg. Alexander the Great on his Sickbed. Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen. Public domain; compressed study reproduction.
Collection: Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK)
About this artwork
Alexander the Great on his Sickbed — Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg. 1806.
Medium: Oil on canvas. Dimensions: .
Collection record: Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK), Copenhagen. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.