Hersilia Separating Romulus and Tatius or The Battle Between the Romans and the Sabines[1] is a 1645 oil on canvas painting by Guercino, seized by the state during the French Revolution in 1794 and placed in the Louvre, where it still hangs. It shows Hersilia breaking up a battle between her husband Romulus and her Sabine brother Titus Tatius, with two other unnamed women doing similar in the background.[2]
History
editIt was one of nine works commissioned by Louis Phélypeaux, Seigneur of La Vrillière for the gilded gallery at his new hôtel de La Vrillière in Paris.[3][4] Hersilia and the hôtel were sold in 1705 to Louis Raulin Rouillé (contrôleur général des Postes), then in 1713 by Rouillé's widow to Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon. They both passed to his son Louis de Bourbon, duc de Penthièvre, from whom they were seized in 1794.[3] A copy of the original has hung in the Galerie dorée since the 19th century.[5]
References
edit- ^ "HERSILIE SEPARANT ROMULUS ET TATIUS, dit aussi LE COMBAT DES ROMAINS ET DES SABINS". www.pop.culture.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-08-13.
- ^ Unger, Danielm (5 July 2017). Daniel M Unger, Guercino's Paintings and His Patrons - Politics in Early Modern Italy, Routledge, 5 July 2017 (ISBN 978-1-351-56482-3), p.155-158. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-56482-3.
- ^ a b "Catalogue entry" (in French). 1645.
- ^ Répertoire des tableaux italiens dans les collections publiques françaises (XIIIe-XIXe siècles), RETIF, AGORHA - Bases de données de l'Institut national d'histoire de l'art, RETIF Répertoire des tableaux italiens dans les collections publiques françaises (XIIIe-XIXe siècles) and Institut national d'histoire de l'art, Les Adieux de Caton d'Utique à son fils, 2 December 2021 (in French). 25 October 2023.
- ^ Damien Tellas (2018). "L'hôtel de La Vrillière". Hal.science - Noto : revue culturelle (in French).
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