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Pax Romana Art
The Legend of Belisarius
Constantinople · A Byzantine legend
740 kr876 kr
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- Printed in the USA. Printed, stretched, and shipped in the USA.
- Free US shipping. Tracking included on every order.
- Canvas, framed or not. Stretched over FSC-certified wooden bars, or set in a wooden frame with a 12 mm gap around it.
- Hanging hardware included. Framed canvas arrives assembled, with the hanger attached.
- Arrives perfect — guaranteed. Damaged or defective? Free reprint or refund.
Details & specs
Framed canvas
- Canvas (cotton-polyester blend)
- Set in a wooden frame with a 12 mm (0.45″) gap around the canvas
- 42 mm (1.65″) deep
- Arrives assembled and ready to hang: hanger attached, screws or nails included
Canvas
- Canvas (cotton-polyester blend)
- Stretched over FSC-certified wooden bars
- Hanging hardware included
- Sizes: 12x18″ · 16x24″ · 24x36″
- Orientation: Vertical
- Medium: Canvas
- Style: Myth
- Era: Byzantium
Shipping & returns
Made to order and printed and framed in the USA. Produced in 1–2 business days, delivered 2–5 business days after that — 3–7 business days door to door. Free US shipping, tracked.
Damaged, defective or the wrong item? Email a photo within 7 days of delivery and we send a free replacement or a full refund. Because every piece is made to order, change-of-mind returns are not accepted.
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The Legend of BelisariusFramed canvas · Black · 12x18″
740 kr
876 krSave 136 kr
Constantinople · A Byzantine legend
The General at the Gate
Flavius Belisarius was the most famous Roman general of the sixth century. For the emperor Justinian he destroyed the Vandal kingdom in North Africa in 533 and 534, recovered Sicily and Rome from the Ostrogoths, and as an old man drove off a Hunnic raid on Constantinople in 559. His secretary Procopius recorded his campaigns in detail.
In 562 Belisarius was accused of knowing about a plot against the emperor and fell into disgrace. According to the chronicler Theophanes, he was restored to favor the following year, and he died in 565, a few months before Justinian. The tale that the emperor blinded him and that he ended his days begging at a gate first appears centuries later, in the Patria, a Byzantine collection of city lore, and in the twelfth-century writer John Tzetzes. His plea for a coin became a byword in Europe, and in 1781 Jacques-Louis David painted the scene.
The piece
This painting tells the story through glances. The old general turns his blind face up to the light, the tattered purple of his cloak still showing his former rank, his bowl held out. The boy looks up at the soldier, and the soldier stares down at a man he once followed, his hand pressed to his mouth. Behind them, the striped masonry of the gate and the traffic of the street carry on unaware.
Materia · The materials
Canvas, framed or not.
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Wooden stretcher bars
The canvas is stretched over FSC-certified wooden bars.
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Floating frame
Black, natural wood or dark brown, with a 12 mm (0.45″) gap around the canvas. 42 mm (1.65″) deep.
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Ready for the wall
Framed canvas arrives assembled, hanger attached, screws or nails included. Canvas comes with its hanging hardware.
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