65 - LATE 18TH-CENTURY FRENCH SCHOOL, CIRCLE OF FRANÇOIS ANDRÉ VINCENT (1746–1816)

LATE 18TH-CENTURY FRENCH SCHOOL, CIRCLE OF FRANÇOIS ANDRÉ VINCENT (1746–1816) The Death of Seneca Pen and brown ink, brown wash 28 x 43 cm A prominent Stoic philosopher, playwright, and Roman statesman of the 1st century CE, Seneca had served as tutor and then advisor to Emperor Nero. His fall from grace culminated in the year 65, when he was accused of complicity in the Pisonian conspiracy, a failed plot to assassinate the prince. Faced with this threat of treason, Nero ordered him to take his own life, forcing the philosopher to orchestrate his own suicide in accordance with Roman tradition. The detailed account of this tragic and theatrical end has come down to us thanks to the famous Annals of the historian Tacitus, who depicts the philosopher’s final moments as the ultimate embodiment of Stoic fortitude in the face of imperial tyranny. THE CONDITION OF THE LOTS IS NOT SPECIFIED IN THE LISTINGS. Please contact us to request a condition report: contact@artemisencheres.fr