La Mère des Gracques, 1842. Creator: Honore Daumier.
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La Mère des Gracques, 1842. The Mother of the Gracchi. Un jour qu'une Lorette avec effronterie Lui vantait des joyaux qui valaient quelques sous, En montrant ses deux fils, l'espoir de la patrie, Cette Romaine dit...'Voilà mes seuls bijoux!!' (Plutarque). One day when a Lorette brazenly showed off jewels worth a few sous, Showing her two sons, the hope of the homeland, This Roman woman said: 'Here are the only jewels I have!!'. (Plutarch). From L'Histoire ancienne.
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Creator
- Honore Daumier, attributed to: French: Artist, caricaturist, sculptor
Subject
- Gaius Sempronius Gracchus: Roman: Politician
- Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus: Roman: politician, Tribune of the Roman Republic
People Related
- Plutarch: Greek: Historian, biographer, essayist
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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3725x4960
File Size : 54,129kb
Aliases
- AC1997.104.7
- 1090004387
- 2-996-887
- 2996887
- AC1997.104.7
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