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A crowd of people relax on a grass bank, enjoying the spectacle of a flamboyant procession celebrating the return of a great general and his army. The columns and alcoves of classical Roman buildings tower over them. Below, trumpeters and pipers blow their instruments and animals are led to the sacrifice. A man balanced precariously high up among a forest of flickering torches lights a taper from a flame, but the tall figure of a priest in brilliant red is the focus of the picture.Rubens based his image on two of Andrea Mantegna's series of nine monumental paintings, The Triumphs of Caesar, one of the great works of the Renaissance. Rubens saw the pictures while he was in Mantua. It's likely that he worked at his own spasmodically over several years, experimenting and making amendments for his own interest and pleasure, as it was still in his possession when he died.

The National Gallery, London

London

Title

A Roman Triumph

Date

about 1630

Medium

Oil on canvas stuck down on oak

Measurements

H 86.8 x W 163.9 cm

Accession number

NG278

Acquisition method

Bought, 1856

Work type

Painting

The National Gallery, London

Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England

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Artist or maker

Peter Paul Rubens

1577–1640

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