El sueño de Calpurnia explained

El sueño de Calpurnia
Artist:Luis Álvarez Catalá
Year:1861
Museum:Museo del Prado

El sueño de Calpurnia (Calpurnia's Dream, also called Calpurnia, the wife of Julius Caesar)[1] is a 1861 painting by Luis Álvarez Catalá which depicts the nightmare Calpurnia had the night before the death of her husband Julius Caesar. The work won Álvarez a Gold Medal at the first National Exposition of Florence and a second place at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts of Spain in 1862.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Temple, Alfred George. Modern Spanish painting: being a review of some of the chief painters and paintings of the Spanish school since the time of Goya. A. Fairbairns & company. 1908. University of Wisconsin - Madison. 21.
  2. Web site: Álvarez Catalá, Luis. Museo del Prado.