Nicolas-André Monsiaux ou Monsiau, 1789 - Death of Agis - fine art print

Background information on the over 230 years old artpiece

The classic art painting was painted by the artist Nicolas-André Monsiaux ou Monsiau in the year 1789. The original version was made with the size Height: 136 cm, Width: 163 cm. Oil, Canvas (material) was applied by the painter as the medium of the work of art. The original artwork has the following inscription: Date and signature - Inscribed on the frame: "Monsiau 1789 / Table of receipt". This work of art forms part of the art collection of Petit Palais - Musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris, which is an art museum in the 8th arrondissement. This public domain artpiece is supplied with courtesy of Petit Palais Paris.The creditline of the artpiece is the following: . Besides, the alignment is landscape and has a side ratio of 1.2 : 1, which means that the length is 20% longer than the width.

(© - by Petit Palais - Musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris - Petit Palais - Musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris)

The scene inspired by Plutarch takes place in a prison. The Spartan king, Agis, which has just been strangled on the orders of Leonidas, lying on the ground, naked torso. His mother, Agésistrate, leaning over her body, holding her right hand. At the entrance of the room where two men are held, to the right on the ground, the body of the grandmother of Agis, Archidamie, is covered with a sheet. The right foreground, a crown and a garment are placed on a bench.

Reception piece at the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture, the picture was also presented at the 1789 Salon (193). The booklet gives a brief text of Plutarch: "Agis, King of Sparta, was sentenced to death by Ephori, for trying to revive the ancient laws of Lycurgus, which is now qu'Agésistrata after covering the body of his mother with a cloth, pounces on that of his son, and said it is the excess of your piety, your gentleness, your humanity lost you, and we have lost with you."

Agis, King of Sparta

Historical Scene, Death, King - Queen, Prison, Dead, String

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