Laurent de La Hyre was a French Baroque painter, born in Paris. He was a leading exponent of the neoclassical style of Parisian Atticism.
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Saint Paul Shipwrecked on Malta
Cornelia was the second daughter of Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, a Roman general prominent in the Second Punic War, and Aemilia Paulla. Although drawing similarities to prototypical examples of
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…and other themes Theseus and Aethra The Rape of Europa Regency of Anne of Austria Cyrus Announcing to Araspas that Panthea Has Obtained His Pardon Cornelia Refuses The Crown of The Ptolomai (1646) Hercules and Omphale (1626) Seven Liberal Arts Allegory of Astronomy (1649) Allegory of Geometry (1649) Allegory…
Cornelia pushes away Ptolemy's crown, by Laurent de La Hyre
Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi, by Noël Hallé (1779, Musée Fabre)
Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi, by Joseph-Benoît Suvée (1795, Louvre)
Engraving after Vincenzo Camuccini, Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi, Presents Her Children to a Capuana Woman, 1870/1909