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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 1976955, member: 56859&quot;]I don&#039;t have a Theodosius worth posting but I do have this photo of a painting of him, taken at the Art Institute of Chicago earlier this month <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]351901[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Alessandro Magnasco</b></p><p>Italian, 1667-1749</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Theodosius Repulsed from the Church by Saint Ambrose</i></p><p>1700/10</p><p>Oil on canvas</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;In 390 Ambrose, the archbishop of Milan, refused to give communion to Emperor Theodosius (r. 379-95) until he made public penance for the massacre of thousands of innocents after an insurrection.&nbsp; Theodosius, the last emperor to command the entire Roman state, eventually submitted to the archbishop&#039;s greater moral authority.&nbsp; This painting typifies Alessandro Magnasco&#039;s fluid, highly charged mature manner.&nbsp; In keeping with the artistic traditions of his native Genoa, Magnasco dissolved the figures into ghostly forms.&nbsp; For the elaborate background edifice, which is intended to represent the atrium of an early Christian church, he employed an unidentified architectural painting specialist.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Normally, when visiting an art museum I make a beeline for the modern wing.&nbsp; This time I was caught up in the classical sections, seeking out anything coin-related.&nbsp; Yeah, I&#039;ve got it bad...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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