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The Emperor Honorius Making Constantius His Co-Ruler

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The Emperor Honorius Making Constantius His Co-Ruler (c. 1730) by Giambattista Pittoni

The Emperor Honorius Making Constantius His Co-Ruler is an oil on canvas painting by Giambattista Pittoni from c. 1730. It has been in the Pushkin Museum, in Moscow, since 1924.[1] It shows a rarely-painted scene from Roman history in which Honorius divided his power with Constantius, husband of Honorius's sister Galla Placidia.[2]

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  1. ^ (in Russian) "Catalogue entry".
  2. ^ (in Italian) Franca Zava Boccazzi, "Pittoni", Ed. Alfieri, p.146, Venezia, 1974