Painting of the Swiss master of neo-classicism painting Angelika Kaufman “Papyrus begged by the mother to reveal the secret.” The diameter of the painting is 63 cm, canvas, oil. The full name of the picture is “Papyria Pratektastus, begged by the mother to disclose the secret of the discussion of the Roman Senate.”
The history of Papyria Pratectatus was first described in the literary work of Avla Gellius “Attic Nights.” Avl Gellius is an ancient Roman writer, grammarian and erudite. Lover of antiquities and representative of the archaic trend of Latin literature of the II century.
Papyria is a well-known Roman family; the most famous representatives of it: Kai Papirius Carbon, the quaestor of 136, the tribune of 131 years, originally a supporter of the Gracchi party. In 131 AD, Papirus managed to pass a law on the introduction of a new method of voting on the legislative commissions of the Roman Senate. Lucius Papyrius Cursor, the most famous of all Papyrus, formerly 5 times consul and 2 times dictator. Lucius Papyrius Cursor became famous in the second Samnitian war by his steadfastness, purely Roman hardening and severity.
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