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Pax Romana Art
The Roses of Heliogabalus
Rome · c. AD 220
739 kr875 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: 12x18″ · 16x24″ · 24x36″
- Orientation: Vertical
- Medium: Canvas
- Style: History painting
- Era: Crisis & Late Empire
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The Roses of HeliogabalusFramed canvas · Black · 12x18″
739 kr
875 krSave 136 kr
Rome · c. AD 220
A Banquet Buried in Petals
Elagabalus became emperor in AD 218 at about fourteen. Born Varius Avitus Bassianus to a Syrian family of Emesa, he was hereditary priest of the sun god Elagabal, whose name he came to be known by. His grandmother, Julia Maesa, put him forward as a son of the murdered emperor Caracalla, and legions in Syria proclaimed him against the emperor Macrinus.
His reign shocked Roman opinion. He brought his god's sacred black stone to Rome, set its cult above that of Jupiter, and broke with custom in religion, dress and marriage. Cassius Dio, a contemporary, is hostile. The Historia Augusta, written more than a century later, is far more lurid and often invents. The smothering banquet appears only there, and most historians treat it as fiction or exaggeration. In March 222 the Praetorian Guard killed Elagabalus and his mother, and his cousin Severus Alexander took the throne.
In 1888 Lawrence Alma-Tadema made the story famous with The Roses of Heliogabalus, using the older spelling of the emperor's name.
The piece
This tall painting turns the scene into a cascade. Columns of pink petals fall from the coffered ceiling through the dim hall and settle in drifts over the diners below. Light from bronze lamp stands catches faces and silver cups. At the upper right, the emperor reclines in gold and purple beside an attendant holding a feathered fan, watching from above.
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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