Old Master and Early British Paintings

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Lot 349
  • 349

Follower of Giandomenico Tiepolo

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Giandomenico Tiepolo
  • Epaminondas
  • inscribed upper left: Epaminondas
  • oil on canvas

Catalogue Note

Epaminondas (ca. 418 BC–362 BC) was a Theban general and statesman of the 4th century BC who transformed the Ancient Greek city-state of Thebes, leading it out of Spartan subjugation into a preeminent position in Greek politics.