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Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi, by Joseph-Benoît Suvée (1795, Louvre) The manuscripts of Cornelius Nepos, the earliest Latin biographer (ca. 110-24 BC), include several excerpts from a letter supposedly composed by Cornelia to Gaius (her younger son). If the letters are authentic, they would make Cornelia one of only four Roman women whose ...
The Gracchi brothers were two brothers who lived during the beginning of the late Roman Republic: Tiberius Gracchus and Gaius Gracchus. They served in the plebeian tribunates of 133 BC and 122–121 BC, respectively.
Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi, presenting her children and saying: "Here are my treasures" title QS:P1476,fr:"Cornélie, mère des Gracques, montre ses enfants, en disant: "Voici mes richesses et mes bijoux" "
Pietro Antonio Leone Bettelini after Vincenzo Camuccini, "Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi, Presents Her Children to a Capuana Woman," 1870/1909, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, DC
Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi, by Noël Hallé (1779, Musée Fabre). Haec ornamenta mea is a Latin phrase meaning "These are my jewels" or "These are my ornaments". The expression is attributed to Cornelia Africana (c. 190 – c. 100 BC) by Valerius Maximus in his Factorum ac dictorum memorabilium libri IX, IV, 4, incipit, [1] [2] [3] where he related an anecdote demonstrating Cornelia's ...
Pliny the Younger and His Mother at Misenum: 1785: oil on canvas: Princeton University Art Museum, USA: Catalogue entry: Portrait: Young Woman, Possibly Anna Charlotta Dorothea von Medem, Duchess of Courland (1761–1821) 1785: oil on canvas: Private Sold at Sotheby's 2009: Sotheby's entry: History: Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi Pointing to ...
Family Group as Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi, Showing Her Children – c.1635: Jan van Bijlert: 1635 Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Orléans: MO1500 28 Portrait of Jacob (1627), Elisabeth (1629–1678) and Cornelia Francken (1633) Jacob Gerritsz. Cuyp: 1635 Dordrechts Museum: 29 Portrait of Willem Van Loon (later mayor of Amsterdam), aged 2 1/2 ...
Moitte was the son of Pierre-Etienne Moitte. He became the sculptor of Pigalle then Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne. He won the Prix de Rome for sculpture in 1768 with David carrying the head of Goliath in triumph. He then entered the École royale des élèves protégés before a stay at the Rome, though it was cut short due to illness.