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Pax Romana Art
Marcus Aurelius
Emperor · AD 161–180
1.057 kr1.416 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: 12x16″ · 18x24″ · 24x32″
- Orientation: Vertical
- Medium: Canvas
- Style: Portrait
- Era: Principate
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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.
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Marcus AureliusFramed canvas · Black · 18x24″
1.057 kr
1.416 krSave 359 kr
Emperor · AD 161–180
Writing by Lamplight on the Frontier
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus ruled Rome from AD 161 to 180, at first jointly with his adoptive brother Lucius Verus. His reign was hard. A plague brought back from the East by the army spread through the empire from AD 165, and in the late 160s Germanic and Sarmatian peoples crossed the Danube, one invasion reaching as far as Aquileia in northern Italy. The Marcomannic Wars kept the emperor on the frontier for most of the next decade.
There he kept a notebook. Written in Greek and addressed to himself, it is now known as the Meditations. Two of its books carry a note of where they were written: among the Quadi on the river Granua, and at Carnuntum, a legionary fortress on the Danube. The notes are Stoic exercises, reminders to do his duty, to accept what he cannot change and to treat others with patience. Cassius Dio, who lived through the reign, judged that Marcus was a good man who did not meet with the good fortune he deserved.
The piece
The painting divides itself between warm and cold. On the left everything is lamplight: the folds of the red cloak, the hand on the page, the empty armor standing guard behind him. On the right, through the opening of the tent, lies the blue night of the camp, with snow, tents, banners and small fires beside a half-frozen river. His eyes have left the page and turned toward that cold. The lamp flame on the table is the brightest point in the picture, and everything else is arranged around it.
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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