A Private European Residence: French and Neoclassical Furniture and Paintings & Works on Paper

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Lot 166
  • 166

François Dubois Paris 1790-1871

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • François Dubois
  • The death of Mithridates
  • signed lower left: François Dubois and inscribed on the reverse of the stretcher: MORT DE MITRIDATE esquisse peinte de François Dubois 1816
  • oil on paper laid on canvas

Catalogue Note

Mithradates had declared war on the Romans in 88 B.C. whereupon he quickly conquered Galatia, Phrygia and Asia.  Soon, however, the Roman armies under Sulla and Pompey were to defeat him over and over again; Mithradates' troops revolted and, having vainly tried to poison himself, Mithradates commanded a Gallic mercenary to run him through.