MARCUS AURELIUS

*100% original handmade oil painting on canvas. Ready to ship *Shipped whith tracking *All items are shipped in protective packaging and all duty of care is taken to ensure it gets to you intact and unmarked. *Name : « MARCUS AURELIUS » *Painter : Anastasia Yurzinova *Size: 80x120 cm *Material: Canvas, professional oil paint; *Year of creation: 2023 ㅤ *Oil paintings have a long life and can be a great investment for the art connoisseur or first time art buyer. The Picture is suitable for any room. It can be a great gift. *Please note the colors might differ depending on your monitor settings. ㅤ EQUESTRIAN STATUE MARCUS AURELIUS ㅤ This gilded bronze statue was created at the end of the 2nd century AD and is the only equestrian sculpture that has survived from ancient times. ㅤ The gilded bronze statue of Marcus Aurelius (Italian: Statua equestre di Marco Aurelio) was created at the end of the 2nd century AD and is the only equestrian sculpture that has survived from ancient times. Emperor Marcus Aurelius is depicted wearing a soldier's cloak over a tunic. Under the raised hoof of the horse, there used to be a figure of a bound barbarian, symbolizing a defeated enemy, and the gesture of the emperor meant generosity towards the vanquished. The statue is only twice the life size. ㅤ Description ㅤ The equestrian monument is a monument to the commander. The rider's gesture is addressed to the army. Marcus Aurelius really had to fight a lot in his lifetime with the Parthians, barbarian tribes, but descendants remember him not as a commander, but as a philosopher on the throne. The emperor managed to repel the attacks of enemies and pacify the rebels, but he did not value military glory highly. ㅤ Marcus Aurelius was one of the most educated people of his time. He devoted all his free time from state concerns to the study of philosophy. We have a book of his thoughts. In it we read: “Look, do not be caesarized, do not be soaked in porphyry - it happens. Keep yourself simple, worthy, uncorrupted, strict, upright, a friend of justice, pious, benevolent, affable, strong for every proper work. Enter the struggle to remain the way the teaching you have accepted wants you to be. Honor the gods, save the people. Life is short; one fruit of earthly existence is a righteous mental warehouse and deeds for the common good. ㅤ Marcus Aurelius was born in 121. In 138 he was adopted by Antoninus Pius, from whom he inherited power in 161. The co-ruler of Marcus Aurelius was Lucius Ver, who died in 169. Marcus Aurelius died during a military campaign in 180. ㅤ After 13 centuries, this monument served as a model for the sculptors of the Renaissance. When Donatello created an equestrian monument to the condottiere Gattamelata for Padua, he recalled Marcus Aurelius, seen in Rome. And after Donatello, sculptors will turn to this monument for another five centuries.