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Pax Romana Art
Caesar and the Head of Pompey
Royal Palace, Alexandria · 48 BC
1.058 kr1.417 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.
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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: 16x12″ · 24x18″ · 32x24″
- Orientation: Horizontal
- Medium: Canvas
- Style: History painting
- Era: Late Republic
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Caesar and the Head of PompeyFramed canvas · Black · 24x18″
1.058 kr
1.417 krSave 359 kr
Royal Palace, Alexandria · 48 BC
A Gift the Court Misjudged
After his defeat by Caesar at Pharsalus in August 48 BC, Pompey fled by sea to Egypt, hoping for shelter from the young Ptolemy XIII, whose father he had helped restore to the throne. The boy king's regents, the eunuch Pothinus, the general Achillas and the rhetorician Theodotus of Chios, were then at war with the king's sister Cleopatra and wanted to win Caesar's favor. Plutarch credits Theodotus with the decisive argument for killing Pompey: a dead man, he said, does not bite. Pompey was struck down as he came ashore.
A few days later Caesar arrived at Alexandria. Plutarch and Valerius Maximus describe the head being brought to him, and Plutarch names Theodotus as the bearer. Caesar, who had pardoned many of Pompey's followers, would not look at it. He had the head honorably buried and took under his protection the friends of Pompey who had fallen into Egyptian hands. The courtiers' calculation failed. Caesar settled the royal quarrel in Cleopatra's favor, Pothinus and Achillas were dead within months, and Theodotus fled; Plutarch says Brutus later found him in Asia and had him put to death.
The piece
The painting stages the scene as a confrontation across a staircase. On the left, the court looks down from its balcony: crowned ladies with fans, a bearded elder pointing, a sphinx guarding the steps. In the center, the kneeling courtier in saffron robes offers the dish. On the right, Caesar, in a gilded cuirass and sweeping scarlet cloak, raises his palm and looks aside as his officers bow their heads behind him. Beyond, the harbor opens toward the great lighthouse.
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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