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The Triumph of Titus: AD 71, The Flavians
(18th and 19th Centuries )
In this canvas, the artist shows Titus returning to Rome in triumph following his capture of Jerusalem in AD 70. His father, Emperor Vespasian, clad in a white toga, leads the procession. Titus comes next, holding the hand of his daughter, Julia, who turns to address her father's younger brother and successor, Domitian. In the background is the Temple of Jupiter Victor. Among the spoils from Jerusalem is a 7-branched candlestick from the temple.
Alma-Tadema depicted these events by drawing on classical sources, like the reliefs on of the Arch of Titus and on the latest 19th-century scholarship regarding everyday life in Rome.
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Provenance
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Commissioned by William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1881 [Charles W. Deschamps, London, acting as agent; received in 1885]; inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest Walters Art Museum, 1931.
Exhibitions
| 2016-2017 | Lawrence Alma-Tadema: At Home in Antiquity . Fries Museum, leeuwarden; Osterreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna; Leighton House Museum, London. |
| 2014-2016 | From Rye to Raphael: The Walters Story. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
| 2010-2011 | 19th Century Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum. Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara; Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, Austin. |
| 2002-2004 | A Magnificent Age: Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte. |
| 1991-1992 | Empires Restored, Elysium Revisited: The Art of Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema. Amsterdam: Van Gogh Museum, AJ Amsterdam; The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown; The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore; Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati; The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 10/7/1942 | Treatment | cleaned; coated |
| 6/26/1975 | Treatment | stabilized; coated; other |
| 8/16/1990 | Loan Consideration | examined for loan |
| 4/1/1993 | Treatment | cleaned; loss compensation |
| 10/17/1994 | Treatment | repaired |
| 5/8/2008 | Examination | examined for loan |
Measurements
H: 17 7/16 x W:11 7/16 in. (44.3 x 29 cm); Framed H: 29 × W: 23 × D: 3 1/4 in. (73.66 × 58.42 × 8.26 cm)
Credit Line
Commissioned by William T. Walters, 1881
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
37.31