Claudius Proclaimed Emperor is an oil on canvas painting by Charles Lebayle, now in the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts.
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Claudius Proclaimed Emperor | |
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Artist | Charles Lebayle ![]() |
Year | 1886 |
Dimensions | 146.5 cm (57.7 in) × 113.4 cm (44.6 in) |
Location | Beaux-Arts de Paris |
Accession No. | PRP 37 ![]() |
The subject set for the Prix de Rome in 1886 was the proclamation of Claudius as emperor in 41 CE as described in Suetonius's Lives of the Caesars (Claudius, 10).[1] Lebayle won his category with the work, gaining him a two-year stay at the Villa Medici in Rome.
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