The Triumph of Camillus

Piece Count: 230

Material: MDF cored cherry plywood, 1/4”

Description

Animals, armored soldiers, and figures in colorful costumes fill this lively panel. On the right, the ancient Roman general Marcus Furius Camillus sits on a golden cart pulled by two white horses. Shackled prisoners of war ride below him. He is about to enter Rome, the city he is thought to have recaptured from the Gauls in the 4th century BCE. We can see the domed Roman Pantheon in the upper left. Themes from classical antiquity were popular subjects in Renaissance Florence

Image: Biagio d'Antonio (painter) Florentine, c. 1446 - 1516