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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 ...
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 ...
Joseph-Benoît Suvée: Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi, ... This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of ...
49. “Sons are the anchors of a mother’s life.” — Sophocles. 50. “Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.” — Louisa May Alcott
Here are 48 mother-son quotes about being a boy mom that honor the special relationship mothers and sons share.
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
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Among his works are Ancient Rome-related The Death of Seneca, Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi and The Justice of Trajan. Hallé has had numerous works displayed at the Louvre including La Dispute de Minerve et de Neptune and La fuite en Egypte.