The Death of Tiberius

The Death of Tiberius
ArtistJean-Paul Laurens
Year1864
TypeOil on canvas, history painting
Dimensions177 cm × 223 cm (70 in × 88 in)
LocationGeorges Labit Museum, Toulouse

The Death of Tiberius (French: La Mort de Tibère) is an 1864 history painting by the French artist Jean-Paul Laurens.[1][2] It depicts a dramatic version of the death of Tiberius, the Roman Emperor. The elderly Tiberius is murdered by his nephew Caligula, who is shown taking the imperial signet ring.[3] Laurens had a low opinion of the character of Tiberius, whose death contrasts with the heroic suicide of Cato the Younger depicted in a painting he had exhibited at the Salon of 1863.[4]

The painting was displayed at the Salon of 1864 held at the Palace of Industry in Paris.[5] Today it is in the collection of the Georges Labit Museum in Toulouse.

References

  1. ^ Jean-Paul Laurens: 1838-1921 : peintre d'histoire. Musée d'Orsay, 1997. p.78
  2. ^ Beard p.229
  3. ^ Fugelso p.91
  4. ^ Fugelso p.91
  5. ^ https://salons.musee-orsay.fr/Detail/objects/54577

Bibliography

  • Beard, Mary. Twelve Caesars: Images of Power from the Ancient World to the Modern. Princeton University Press, 2021.
  • Fugelso, Karl. Politics and Medievalism. Boydell & Brewer, 2020.
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