Wednesday, February 1, 2023

Roman Emperors and Military as Later Visualized

Polidoro da Caravaggio
Triumph of Paullus Macedonicus
before 1543
oil on canvas (grisaille)
Palazzo Barberini, Rome

Polidoro da Caravaggio
Triumph of Paullus Macedonicus
before 1543
oil on canvas (grisaille)
Palazzo Barberini, Rome

Cesare Pollini
Classical Battle Scenes
ca. 1590
drawing
Musée du Louvre

Charles Le Brun
Combat of Classical Warriors
before 1690
drawing
Musée du Louvre

Peter Paul Rubens after Giulio Romano after Raphael
Battle of the Milvian Bridge
ca. 1601-1608
drawing
Musée du Louvre

Peter Paul Rubens
Victory of the Romans over the Dacians
(after relief figures on the Arch of Constantine)
ca. 1601-1608
drawing
Musée du Louvre

attributed to Antonio Tempesta
Classical Warrior on Fallen Horse
before 1630
drawing
Musée du Louvre

Toussaint Dubreuil
Classical Warrior
ca. 1580-1600
drawing
Musée du Louvre

Jean-Baptiste Henri Deshays
Antique Frieze Figure of Roman Soldier
ca. 1754-57
drawing
Musée du Louvre

Peter Paul Rubens after Pordenone
Emperor Augustus and the Tiburtine Sibyl
ca. 1601-1608
drawing
Musée du Louvre

Jean-Joseph Taillasson
Proclamation of Germanicus to his Soldiers
ca. 1768
drawing
Musée du Louvre

Giulio Romano
Crowd adoring a Roman Emperor
ca. 1540
drawing
Musée du Louvre

Girolamo Mazzola Bedoli
Bust of a Roman Emperor
before 1569
drawing
Musée du Louvre

Charles-Joseph Natoire
Helmeted Head from Trajan's Column, Rome
ca. 1723-28
drawing
Musée du Louvre

Louis Boullogne the Younger
Ammianus Marcellinus, Proconsul of Africa
before 1733
drawing
(study for fresco)
Musée du Louvre

Mattia Preti
Belisarius receiving alms from his former soldiers
ca. 1660-65
oil on canvas
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

Bertholet Flemalle
Death of Pyrrhus
before 1670
oil on canvas
Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels

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