Date : near 1480
Dimensions : 116 cm x 45 cm
Material : Tempera on canvas, Gold
Acquisition : Frederick C. Hewitt Fund (1911)
| Vie de Publicola XIX
Item 11 on 27
Italian Painting
Painting (Thème mythologique)
Area related
Siena (Italy)
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Plutarch (Life of Publicola, XIX) describes how in a peace treaty the Romans offered Lars Porsena ten young noblemen and ten maidens as hostages. While the maidens were bathing in the Tiber, Cloelia got them to escape. On the left the maidens are presented to Porsena. In the center they swim the Tiber and, on the right, they escape through the gates of Rome.
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