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Tullia driving her Chariot over her Father

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Tullia driving her Chariot over her Father
ArtistGiuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari
Year1687

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]

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  1. ^ Charlton, William Henry (1847). Burghley; the Life of William Cecil, Lord Burghley. Biographical Notices of His Successors the Earls and Marquises of Exeter, a Description of Burghley House ... and a Brief Notice of the Family Monuments, &c., in St. Martin's Church, Stamford Baron. Library in Catalonia: W. Langley. p. 194.
  2. ^ "Tullia driving her Chariot over her Father, by Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari (1654-1727)". Burghley.
  3. ^ "Tullia driving her Chariot over her Father, by Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari (1654-1727). | Burghley Collections". Retrieved 2021-11-17.

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