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Artist | Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari |
Year | 1687 |
Tullia driving her Chariot over her Father is a 1687 painting by Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari which depicts the last Queen of Rome Tullia driving her chariot over the dead body of her father, King Servius Tullius. [1] The work was commissioned by Jacopo Montinioni and was later purchased by John Cecil, 5th Earl of Exeter after the formers death. [2] It is held today by the Burghley House Historic Trust. [3]