Hector_Leroux--Claudia_Quinta.png
Summary
Description Hector Leroux--Claudia Quinta.png |
English:
Hector Leroux, La vestale Claudia Quinta, Paris Salon of 1877, oil on canvas, 46.5 x 97 cm, signed lower left; depicts Claudia Quinta towing the ship bringing the goddess Cybele to Rome in 204 B.C.E. The Salon program quotes Ovid: "Injustement accusée d'impudicité, elle prouve son innocence en faisant, seule, entrer dans le Tibre le bateau qui porte la Mère des Dieux./(Ovide, Fastes, 1.IV); auctioned at Hôtel Drouot, Paris, November 16, 2022.
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Source | https://www.gazette-drouot.com/en/lots/19579958-hector-leroux-1829-1900---antique--- |
Author | Hector Leroux |
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