Classical Gallery

Death of Alcibiades (litho)

DGC288146 Death of Alcibiades (litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mort d'Alcibiade; Alcibiades (c.450-404 BC) prominant Athenian statesman, orator and general; according to certain accounts of his death, Alcibiades was setting out for the Persian court when his residence was set on fire by the Spartans, on exiting his home he was killed by a shower of arrows shot by his assassins;); Prismatic Pictures

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The Death of Germanicus, 1627 (oil on canvas)

487965 The Death of Germanicus, 1627 (oil on canvas) by Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665); 147.9x198.1 cm; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN, USA; (add.info.: Germanicus Julius Caesar (15 BC-19 AD) commonly known as Germanicus, was a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty and a prominent general of the early Roman Empire. In this picture, the young Roman general Germanicus has just been poisoned by his jealous adoptive father, the emperor Tiberius. On his deathbed, Germanicus asks his friends to avenge his murder and his wife to endure her sorrow bravely. The subject is from the Annales of the Roman historian Tacitus. The event occurred in 19 CE); A© Minneapolis Institute of Art; The William Hood Dunwoody Fund; French, out of copyright

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A Capriccio of Classical Ruins, 1793 (oil on canvas)

CH401611 A Capriccio of Classical Ruins, 1793 (oil on canvas) by Pannini or Panini, Giovanni Paolo (1691/2-1765); 74.3x99.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: with the Maison Caree at Nimes, the Temple of the Sybil at Tivoli, the Pont du Gard near Nimes and the Borghese Vase;); Photo A© Christie's Images; Italian, out of copyright

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