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Giovanni Lanfranco - The Funeral of a Roman Emperor [c.1636]

The Emperor's funeral was one of the key ceremonies in imperial Rome, it was a preparation for his deification. It was a solemn ceremony that culminated in the act of cremation. The embalmed body of the deceased was arranged on a pyre, around which grieving demonstrations occurred. In the foreground several pairs of gladiators are fighting, an allusion to the funeral games which were held in honour of the emperor.

 

[Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid - Oil on canvas, 335 x 488 cm]

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Giovanni Lanfranco - The Funeral of a Roman Emperor [c.1636]

The Emperor's funeral was one of the key ceremonies in imperial Rome, it was a preparation for his deification. It was a solemn ceremony that culminated in the act of cremation. The embalmed body of the deceased was arranged on a pyre, around which grieving demonstrations occurred. In the foreground several pairs of gladiators are fighting, an allusion to the funeral games which were held in honour of the emperor.

 

[Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid - Oil on canvas, 335 x 488 cm]

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Uploaded on January 30, 2013
Taken on April 7, 2009
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