Today’s Military and War Art gallery is from the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort
Worth, Texas and can be found here. Listed below are the pieces that can be
found in this online gallery. I have
added additional graphics for your enjoyment and education.
Sculpture – Chibinda Ilunga, A Central African
mythical hero figure perhaps with weapons
Late 15thC painting Portia and Brutus - Brutus is the most famous of
Roman general and statesman Julius Caesar’s assassins and served as Caesar’s
Governor for Gaul before participating in Caesar’s assassination.
Julius Caesar receiving Vercingetorix
13th C sculpture of Vedic god Vishnu
holding four objects including a mace
1625 Equestrian Portrait of the Duke of Buckingham –
George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham was an English courtier who
involved himself in some of England’s wars.
c. 1516-1517 Portrait of Hendrik III, Count of
Nassau-Breda – Hendrik was a count and successful military commander who
had been involved in the War of the League of Cambrai and the Italian War of
1521.
February 24, 1525 Battle of Pavia, the decisive battle of
the Italian War of 1521-152
c. 1650 Painting of Mucius Scaevola Confronting King
Porsenna - Lars Porsena was an Etruscan king known for his wars against
Rome about the 6th C BC.
Mucius Scaevola was a Roman youth who was reputed to have been captured
by Porsena in 508BC after having tried to assassinate him in his camp. Scaevola showed such courage after capture,
Porsena was said to have freed him and sued Rome for peace.
Sculpture of Etruscan warrior c. 500 BC
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c. 1631-1633 Portrait of Don Pedro de Barberana – I
don’t know what importance the man has but he has a sheathed sword which is
enough for me.
1819 – Painting “The Anger of Achilles” – Achilles is
a Greek hero of the Trojan War.
Achilles keeping Hector’s Body, from an Attic
red-figured cup c. 490-480BC
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