Zenobia's Last Look on Palmyra
| Zenobia's Last Look on Palmyra | |
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| Artist | Herbert Gustave Schmalz |
| Year | 1888 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, history painting |
| Dimensions | 183.4 cm × 154.6 cm (72.2 in × 60.9 in) |
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Zenobia's Last Look on Palmyra is an 1888 history painting by the British artist Herbert Gustave Schmalz.[1] It depicts Queen Zenobia in chains taking a final look at the city of Palmyra before being taken away by her Roman captors following her defeat by Aurelian. Zenobia's Palmyrene Empire had for a brief period overrun much of the eastern Roman Empire. The scene is drawn from the Historia Augusta.[2]
The picture was displayed at the Exhibition of the New Gallery in London's Regent Street in 1888.[3] Today it forms part of the collection of the Art Gallery of South Australia in Adelaide, having been acquired in 1890.[4]
References
- ↑ Trumble p.168
- ↑ Michelakis & Wyke p.39-40
- ↑ The Pictures of 1888, Pall Mall, 1888 p.75
- ↑ https://www.agsa.sa.gov.au/collection-publications/collection/works/_/25205/
Bibliography
- Michelakis, Pantelis & Wyke, Maria. The Ancient World in Silent Cinema. Cambridge University Press, 2013.
- Trumble, Angus. Love & Death: Art in the Age of Queen Victoria. Art Gallery of South Australia, 2001.