The Constancy of Coriolanus
Jean-Guillaume Moitte and Jean-François Janinet began collaborating around 1787, and this composition is typical of their work from the end of the eighteenth century. It illustrates a scene from the life of Caius Marcius Coriolanus, a Roman soldier and statesman from the fifth century B.C. whose biography appeared in Plutarch's Lives of the Notable Greeks and Romans (96-98 A.D.) and was the subject of William Shakespeare's last tragedy, Coriolanus (1608). A later version of the print bears an inscription explicating the scene, which shows Coriolanus, having been condemned to exile, bidding farewell to his wife, mother, and children.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Constancy of Coriolanus
- Artist: Jean François Janinet (French, Paris 1752–1814 Paris)
- Artist: After Jean Guillaume Moitte (French, Paris 1746–1810 Paris)
- Date: ca. 1778
- Medium: Etching and roulette
- Dimensions: Sheet: 11 in. × 22 1/16 in. (28 × 56 cm)
Image: 9 13/16 × 20 7/8 in. (25 × 53 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1963
- Object Number: 63.623.1
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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