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Source Description
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, their young daughter and a bystander. The blood stains on the herm denote the struggle that has transpired as well as the setting, the Hermaeum, an apartment in the Palace where Claudius had sought refuge.Opus LXXXVIII
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Document identity
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637
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A Roman Emperor: 41 AD
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title
A Roman Emperor: 41 AD
description
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, their young daughter and a bystander. The blood stains on the herm denote the struggle that has transpired as well as the setting, the Hermaeum, an apartment in the Palace where Claudius had sought refuge.Opus LXXXVIII
provenance
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.
date
1871
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en
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Painting & Drawing
oil paintings (visual works)
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import
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cm
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86
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174.3
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H: 33 7/8 x W: 68 5/8 in. (86 x 174.3 cm); Framed H: 50 3/4 x W: 86 x D: 5 1/2 in. (128.9 x 218.4 x 14 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] On altar socle: L Alma Tadema; [Date] On altar socle: 71
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oil on canvas
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