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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.

Reproduction for sale on Zazzle