Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Marcus Furius Camillus Expelling the Gauls
Alternate Title:
Camillus in battle while Romulus pleads with Jupiter
Image View:
Detail, personification of Rome and her victories
Creator:
Mariano Rossi (Italian painter, 1731-1807)
Location:
repository: Villa Borghese (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Location Note:
Piazzale Scipione Borghese, 5
GPS:
41.914 12.492
Date:
1776-1779 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Baroque
Work Type 1:
fresco (painting)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
pigment on plaster (fresco)
Technique:
fresco painting (technique); grisaille
Subjects:
allegory; literary or legendary; mythology (Classical); Borghese family; Jupiter (Roman deity); Rome (Italy); ceiling; trompe l'oeil
Description:
In 1774 Rossi received a commission from Prince Marcantonio IV Borghese for the fresco of Marcus Furius Camillus Expelling the Gauls (1776-1779) for the entrance hall (Salone) of the Villa Borghese, Rome. This shows him restraining his delight in exuberance and creating a more controlled composition. Rossi continued to work in the Rococo or Baroque idiom, even after the Neoclassical style became popular. He blended the legend of the victorious hero Furius Camillus with an allegory on Rome, its founders, its virtues, and its glory. The full title is given as Marcus Furius Camillus Fighting Brennus and his Gauls, while Romulus Entreats Jupiter to Help Rome. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-ROSSIM-BG-RWOJ-A 12
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Marcus Furius Camillus Expelling the Gauls