Sujet
Head of Caracalla, c. 1768. Creator: Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French, 1725-1805).
Légende
Head of Caracalla, c. 1768. As part of their training in the late 18th century, French artists practiced drawing têtes dexpression, or expressive heads, that display subtleties of human emotion. Greuze made this chalk study in preparation for a painting in which the Roman emperor Septimius Severus rebukes his notoriously ruthless son, Caracalla, for attempting to assassinate him. Although Greuze based this face for the figure of Caracalla on a Roman portrait bust, he imaginatively adapted the facial expression to dramatize Caracalla?s resentment and humiliation during the confrontation.
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Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM19F85_233
Model release
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Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
74,1Mo (5,1Mo) / 38,1cm x 48,8cm / 4498 x 5760 (300dpi)