Johannes Lingelbach (Frankfurt 1622-1674 Amsterdam)

The Death of Servius Tullius with Tullia in her Chariot

细节

Johannes Lingelbach (Frankfurt 1622-1674 Amsterdam)
The Death of Servius Tullius with Tullia in her Chariot
signed and dated 'J LINGELBACH 1664' (lower right)
oil on panel
16½ x 19 in. (41.9 x 48.3 in.)

来源

Anonymous sale; Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 7 June 1978, lot 139.

拍品专文

Tullia was the daughter of the famed early Roman King Servius Tullius who reigned in the 6th century B.C. She consipired to place her husband Tarquin the Proud on her father's throne, and Servius was killed in the street after being thrown from the Senate. The present composition shows Tullia driving her chariot over his body in her rush to join her husband.