A Roman Emperor: 41 AD
In AD 41, the debauched Roman emperor Caligula was murdered. Gratus, a member of the Praetorian, draws a curtain aside to reveal the terrified Claudius who is hailed as emperor on the spot. Beneath the herm in the background, lie the bodies of Caligula, his wife Caesonia, thei...
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Commissioned by Messrs Ernest Gambart, London, 1871; transferred to M. Pilgeram and L.H. Lefevre, London, 1878; purchased by William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1882; inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest Walters Art Museum, 1931.
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