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  1. Hotspur🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦 @[email protected] ·

    "Agrippina and Germanicus," Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1614.

    Rubens (1577-1640) was one of the most influential Flemish Baroque painters, and an icon in the art world.

    This was painted during his time in Antwerp, after returning from a prolonged stay in Italy. There he was influenced by Roman art and antiquities, and it left a lasting impression.

    Agrippina the Elder (14BC - 33AD) was the daughter of Roman general Marcus Agrippa and wife of Germanicus, a general and politician. The two had a number of children, including future emperors Nero and Caligula.

    Now this is obviously not a portrait taken from the life, but a mixture of portrait and history painting. The two likenesses don't bear much resemblance to surviving busts of the two, and the styling is very much an idealized Flemish Baroque vision. But it's still impressive work.

    Happy Portrait Monday!

    From the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.

    #Art #PeterPaulRubens #Baroque #Agrippina #Germanicus #RomanHistory #PortraitMonday

    #art #peterpaulrubens #baroque #agrippina #germanicus #romanhistory
  2. ƧƿѦςɛ♏ѦਹѤʞ @[email protected] ·

    @ORIOliver @ninawillburger
    It's the one in the BM. They seem to think it dates from 37-39 (i.e. when she was about 23yo).
    britishmuseum.org/collection/o
    Nina's picture is much better than the BM's own official one!
    #Agrippina #Roman #history #art
    #JulioClaudianNutcases

    #history #art #agrippina #roman #julioclaudiannutcases
  3. Ancient Origins @[email protected] ·

    Agrippina the Younger is painted as Rome’s ultimate villain—poisoner, seductress, tyrant. But hostile historians wrote later, shaping propaganda. Evidence suggests she stabilized Rome—until Nero killed her.
    #AncientRome #Agrippina #Nero #RomanHistory #HistoryMysteries
    Read more: ancient-origins.net/articles/a

    #ancientrome #agrippina #nero #romanhistory #historymysteries
  4. The Partial Historians @[email protected] ·

    Hanging out with the ‘so called Agrippina’. In this example, it looks like one of us had had a nose job, but I’m not about to name names!

    🏛 MAN Napoli, inv. 6190

    #History #AncientRome #Agrippina @histodons @antiquidons @archaeodons

    #history #ancientrome #agrippina
  5. ƧƿѦςɛ♏ѦਹѤʞ @[email protected] ·

    Here is some useful background material for those planning to view the upcoming repeats of I, Claudius:
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    #IClaudius #IClavdivs
    #Romans #RomanEmpire #Octavian #Caesar #Augustus
    #history #ProperTelevision #BBC #podcast #Agrippina #Nero #Claudius #Tiberius #Caligula

    #iclaudius #iclavdivs #romans #romanempire #octavian #caesar
  6. The Partial Historians @[email protected] ·

    Found a certain ‘so-called’ Agrippina bust at MAN Napoli! Very excited to hang out with such an extraordinary figure from Rome’s early imperial period.

    🏛 MANN, inv. 6190 #AncientRome #History #Agrippina @histodons @antiquidons @archaeodons

    #ancientrome #history #agrippina
  7. Sophie Ploeg @[email protected] ·

    Bust of Agrippina the Younger, sister of Caligula, wife of Claudius, mother of Nero - taking ‘the woman behind the man’ concept to its limits 😝😳 at National Museum in Warsaw, AD 50-54, #classics #agrippina

    #classics #agrippina
  8. Sophie Ploeg @[email protected] ·

    Reading Barrett's biography of Agrippina the Younger, wife of Claudius, mother of Nero. Fascinating stuff but oh so many characters to keep track of and figure out who is who.... Here she is eternalised in stone crowning her son Nero in Aphrodisias, Turkey. #classics #Agrippina

    #classics #agrippina