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Painting by Guercino
Hersilia Separating Romulus and Tatius (1645) by Guercino
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
It 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
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"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 .
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b
"Catalogue entry" (in French).
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"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).
^ Damien Tellas (2018).
"L'hôtel de La Vrillière" . Hal.science - Noto : revue culturelle (in French).