Then faced her the leonine chief
Date1887
Artist
Howard Pyle
(American illustrator, 1853–1911)
Illustration Citation"Tarpeia," by Louise Imogen Guiney, in Scribner's Magazine, December 1887
MediumBlack and white oil on canvas
Dimensions19 5/8 x 13 in. (49.8 x 33 cm)
frame: 23 3/4 x 17 1/8 in. (60.3 x 43.5 cm)
frame: 23 3/4 x 17 1/8 in. (60.3 x 43.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase, 1915
Object number1915-3
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextGuiney's poem recounts the ancient Roman story of Tarpeia, who betrayed the city of Rome in return for an enemy chieftain's jewelry. Here she realizes that--having thrown the jewelry at her-he is about to kill her.
