Tullia Drives over the Corpse of her Father

Tullia Drives over the Corpse of her Father is a 1765 painting by French historical painter Jean Bardin which depicts Tullia, the last Queen of Rome and daughter of King Servius Tullius, as she orders her chairioter to drive over her fathers dead body.[1][2][3] Bardin won first prize at the Prix de Rome for the work.[4]

Tullia Drives over the Corpse of her Father
ArtistJean Bardin
Year1765

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References

  1. Hall, James (2018). Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art. Routledge. p. 324. ISBN 9780429962509.
  2. The General Biographical Dictionary. Lyon Public Library. 1812. p. 446.
  3. Lemprière, John (1825). Lempriere's Universal Biography. Lempriere's Universal Biography: Containing a Critical and Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Labours of Eminent Persons, in All Ages and Countries. Together with Selections of Foreign Biography from Watkin's Dictionary, Recently Published, and about Eight Hundred Original Articles of American Biography. 1. New York: R. Lockwood.
  4. Mandrella, David (2005). Von Callot bis Greuze: französische Zeichnungen des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts. G + H. p. 248. ISBN 9783931768782.

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