2822 x 4241 px | 23,9 x 35,9 cm | 9,4 x 14,1 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
2 aprile 2011
Ubicazione:
nyc
Altre informazioni:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, Museum entrance to the European Art Gallery, the painting that welcomes the visitors is that of The Triumph of Marius, 1729, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, (Italian, Venetian, 1696–1770), Oil on canvas, Irregular painted surface, 220 x 128 5/8 in., (558.8 x 326.7 cm), Note: “The subject of this triumphal procession is identified by a Latin inscription at the top of the canvas from the Roman historian Lucius Anneus Florus (Epitome of Roman History, 36:17): ’The Roman people behold Jugurtha laden with chains.’ The African king Jugurtha is shown descending a hill before his captor, the Roman general Gaius Marius. A youth beats a tambourine while other figures carry booty, including a bust of the mother goddess Cybele.” –Source: Museum Text Label
