The Death of Tiberius (French: La Mort de Tibère) is an 1864 history painting by the French artist Jean-Paul Laurens.Jean-Paul Laurens: 1838-1921 : peintre d'histoire. Musée d'Orsay, 1997. p.78Beard p.229 It depicts a dramatic version of the death of Tiberius, the Roman Emperor. The elderly Tiberius is murdered by his nephew Caligula, who is shown taking the imperial signet ring.Fugelso p.91 Laurens had a low opinion of the character of Tiberius, whose death contrasts with the heroic suicide of Cato the Younger depicted in a painting he had exhibited at the Salon of 1863.Fugelso p.91
The painting was displayed at the Salon of 1864 held at the Palace of Industry in Paris.https://salons.musee-orsay.fr/Detail/objects/54577 Today it is in the collection of the Georges Labit Museum in Toulouse.
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Bibliography Beard, Mary. Twelve Caesars: Images of Power from the Ancient World to the Modern. Princeton University Press, 2021. Fugelso, Karl. Politics and Medievalism. Boydell & Brewer, 2020.