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Virginius, (painting). Artist:  Trumbull, John, 1756-1843, painter. Title:  Virginius, (painting). Dates:  ca. 1771. Medium:  Oil on wooden door panel. Dimensions:  21 1/8 x 13 1/6 in. (53.7 x 33.2 cm). Inscription:  (At top:) very good (On figure's left arm:) An[ ] [ ] ali Description:  Taken from an illustration by Hubert Gravelot in Charles Rollin's "Roman History" (London, 1768), Trumbull painted the figure of the centurion Virginius on a door panel in his parents home. In what is thought to be the artist's earliest surviving work, he depicts Virginius raising a knife in his right hand and pointing down with his left. The scene takes place just after Virginius has stabbed to death his daughter Virginia to save her from the lust of ruler Appius Claudius. Subject:  Literature -- Rollin -- Roman History Literature -- Character -- Virginius Object -- Weapon -- Dagger History -- Ancient -- Rome Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Wadsworth Atheneum, 600 Main Street, Hartford, Connecticut 06103 Accession Number: 1844.9 Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of Trumbull, John, ca. 1771-1843. Gift of Silliman, Benjamin, 1844. References:  Wadsworth Atheneum, 1974 Sizer, Theodore, "The works of Colonel John Trumbull, artist of the American Revolution," Rev. ed., New Haven: Yale University Press, 1967. Kornhauser, Elizabeth Mankin, "American Paintings Before 1945 in the Wadsworth Atheneum," New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1996, pg. 728. Illustration:  Kornhauser, Elizabeth Mankin, "American Paintings Before 1945 in the Wadsworth Atheneum," New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1996, fig. 448. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 06910064   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 06910064 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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