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This work belongs to a group from the History of Rome series for the Buen Retiro Palace. Dedicated to depictions of Roman public pastimes, the group includes athletes, gladiators, chariots, animal fights, mock sea battles and so on. Following initial doubts, the Buen Retiro Palace was conceived as a place of leisure, where it would be possible to forget the worries associated with running the mona
This painting belongs to the Neapolitan group of scenes of ancient Roman life that were ordered in the early to mid 1630s by the Viceroy of Naples, the Count of Monterrey, to decorate the Buen Retiro Palace on the outskirts of Madrid.The painting underscores Lanfranco’s extraordinary powers of inventiveness and productivity during a period in which he was otherwise thoroughly preoccupied with a su
Giovanni Lanfranco painted at least six works that can be related to the commission to decorate the Buen Retiro Palace. The first five are at the Museo del Prado -Auspices in Rome (P236); Scene of Triumph (P2943); Funeral Rites for a Roman Emperor (P234); Gladiators at a Banquet (P3091) and Roman Naumachia- while the sixth, Triumph of a Roman Emperor with two Captive Kings, belongs to Patrimonio N
Giovanni Lanfranco painted at least six works that can be related to the commission to decorate the Buen Retiro Palace. The first five are at the Museo del Prado -Auspices in Rome (P236); The Allocution of a Roman Emperor, (P2943); Funeral Rites for a Roman Emperor (P234); Gladiators at a Banquet and Roman Naumachia (P235)- while the sixth, Triumph of a Roman Emperor with two Captive Kings, belong
Giovanni Lanfranco painted at least six works that can be related to the commission to decorate the Buen Retiro Palace. The first five are at the Museo del Prado -Auspices in Rome (P236); The Allocution of a Roman Emperor; Funeral Rites for a Roman Emperor (P00234); Gladiators at a Banquet (P3091) and Roman Naumachia (P235) -while the sixth, Triumph of a Roman Emperor with two Captive Kings, belon
Giovanni Lanfranco painted at least six works that can be related to the commission to decorate the Buen Retiro Palace. The first five are at the Museo del Prado -Auspices in Rome (P236); Scene of Triumph (P2943); Funeral Rites for a Roman Emperor; Gladiators at a Banquet (P3091) and Roman Naumachia (P235) -while the sixth, Triumph of a Roman Emperor with two Captive Kings, belongs to Patrimonio N
