Tullia Running Her Chariot over the Body of Her Father

Tullia Running Her Chariot over the Body of Her Father is a 1735 painting by Michel-François Dandré-Bardon which depicts Roman princess Tullia (later Rome's last queen) running over her father King Servius Tullius's dead body with her chariot.[1] Upon the submission of this work Bardon was accepted into the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture.[2][3]

Tullia Running Her Chariot over the Body of Her Father
ArtistMichel-François Dandré-Bardon
Year1735

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References

  1. Brugerolles, Emmanuelle; Boucher, François (2004). Boucher, Watteau and the origin of the Rococo: an exhibition of 18th century drawings from the collection of the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts. University of Michigan: École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts. p. 190. ISBN 9782840561743.
  2. Lefrançois, Thierry; Stewart, Marion C.; Rosenberg, Pierre (1987). French paintings 1500-1825, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. University of Michigan: The Museum. p. 139.
  3. "Artist Info".

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