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Atonement of Horatius for the murder of his sister

Atonement of Roman hero Horatius after killing his sister Camilla (or Horatia), 7th century BC. Horatius is shown at his trial for murder, his father promising to make sacrificial offerings on his behalf, while his sister's body is buried in a tomb. Expiation du jeune Horace apres avoir tue sa soeur. Copperplate engraving by JEinos Blaschke after a design by Charles-Dominique-Joseph Eisen from Professor Joseph Rudolf Zappe's Gemalde aus der romischen Geschichte, Pictures of Roman History, Joseph Schalbacher, Vienna, 1800. German edition of Abbe Claude Francois Xavier Millot's Abrege de l'Histoire Romaine

Picture No
14017571
Media ID
45835737
Size
4700px x 6493px (12.2MB)
Credit
©Florilegius/Mary Evans
Source
Charles-Dominique-Joseph Eisen

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