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May 19 2011
The Return of Marcus Sextus
Academician / French / Greco-Roman / Neoclassical / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “The Return of Marcus Sextus” of 1799 by Baron Pierre-Narcisse Guerin. This masterpiece was a success at the Salon of 1799 being an allegory of the return of the the émigrés following the extremes of the Terror during the French Revolution. Marcus Sextus is a fictional character returning home from having fled the proscriptions of the Roman dictator Sulla. He returns to find his wife has died and his daughter is beside herself with grief. The artist was twenty-five years old when he created this masterpiece and he was able to study in Italy after the sensation caused by this painting. He continued popular through the Napoleonic Period and in the Restoration as well. He became director of the French Academy in Rome in 1822 and was created Baron Guerin in 1828. In an effort to regain his broken health, Guerin returned to Rome in 1833 where he died on July 6. This masterpiece measures 243 cm wide and 217 cm high. It is in the Musee de Louvre, Paris.
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May 10 2011
Cincinnatus Abandons the Plow
Academician / Greco-Roman / Neoclassical / Paintings (Reproductions) / Spanish - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of ” Cincinato abandona el arado para dictar leyes a Roma ” by Juan Antonio Ribera of 1806. This is a pivotal scene from the history of the early Roman Republic. At the urging of his countrymen during an existential crisis, Cincinnatus unwillingly abandons his simple farm to take up command of the Roman Republic. The constitution of the early democracy had a provision for one man to take total control of the state and this burden Cincinnatus took up. Ribera was twenty-seven when he produced this masterpiece which is a fine example of his Neoclassical style. He studied in Paris under David and in 1811 became court painter to the exiled Charles IV of Spain. He continued as court painter under Ferdinand VII and Isabella II and directed what became the Museo del Prado for three years before his death in Madrid in 1860.
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