Tullia driving her Chariot over her Father is a 1687 painting by Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari which depicts the last Queen of Rome Tullia driving her chariot over the dead body of her father, King Servius Tullius.[1] The work was commissioned by Jacopo Montinioni and was later purchased by John Cecil, 5th Earl of Exeter after the formers death.[2] It is held today by the Burghley House Historic Trust.[3]
| Tullia driving her Chariot over her Father | |
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| Artist | Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari |
| Year | 1687 |
See also
edit- Tullia Drives over the Corpse of her Father, by Jean Bardin
- Tullia Running Her Chariot over the Body of Her Father, by Michel-François Dandré-Bardon
- Tullia Driving her Chariot over the Body of her Father by François-Guillaume Ménageot
References
edit- ^ Charlton, William Henry (1847). Burghley; the Life of William Cecil, Lord Burghley. Biographical Notices of His Successors the Earls and Marquises of Exeter, a Description of Burghley House ... and a Brief Notice of the Family Monuments, &c., in St. Martin's Church, Stamford Baron. Library in Catalonia: W. Langley. p. 194.
- ^ "Tullia driving her Chariot over her Father, by Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari (1654-1727)". Burghley.
- ^ "Tullia driving her Chariot over her Father, by Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari (1654-1727). | Burghley Collections". Retrieved 2021-11-17.
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