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The Women of Rome Gathering at the Capitol
Also titled De oploop van de Romeinse vrouwen op het Capitool in Rome
Pieter Isaacsz. (Helsingør, 1569–1625)
c. 1600 - c. 1602
- Medium
- copper (metal), oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 41.5 cm x width 62 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
Women from various countries and eras are seen storming the Capitol in ancient Rome in protest against a proposed ruling that would henceforth allow men to have two wives. This rumour had been spread by the young boy Papirius, seen standing at the far right between his mother (in yellow) and several senators (in red).
