Coriolanus at the Gates of Rome
Franz Anton Maulbertsch · 1795
Why it's great
The Roman general Coriolanus, exiled by his own city, marches on Rome with an enemy army, but his mother and wife beg him to stop and he turns back. Franz Anton Maulbertsch painted this moving scene in the 1790s.
🏛️ Part of history
Founding of Rome & the Early Republic (753–264 BC) — The Roman general Coriolanus, exiled by his own city, marches on Rome with an enemy army, but his mother and wife beg him to stop and he turns back.
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Franz Anton Maulbertsch was an Austrian painter born in Langenargen on Lake Constance in 1724. He lived in Vienna and became the greatest painter of the Austrian Rococo, famous for his colorful ceiling paintings in churches and palaces. He died in Vienna in 1796.
