This is one of seven canvases (P00386, P00388, P00389, P00393, P00394, P00395, P00396) in a group linked by the same color scheme, a general accentuation of surface drawing and a rhythm of curved forms that link on painting to another. The scenes were designed to be seen together, at a certain height and laid out on canvases conceived as inclined planes that converged on a central painting. Clearl
This extremely interesting piece is one of the thirteen preserved cameos that originally came from at least two different vessels stolen in 1918 (I-1405 and I-1407). It shows a crowned and bearded figure upon a curule seat or throne, his face turned and his arm extended to the viewer’s right, with the hand open in a gesture of invitation. The sovereign depicted may be a personage linked to the his