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Un tableau de Gabriel von Max pour Rochester

Gabriel von Max (1840-1915)
Le martyre de Ludmila, 1864
Huile sur toile - 90,4 x 100 cm
Rochester, The Memorial Art Galley of the University
Photo : Lawrence Steigrad Fine Arts
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25/9/15 - Acquisition - Rochester (New York), Memorial Art Gallery of the University - Étranglée sur ordre de sa belle-fille, Ludmila rend son dernier souffle dans un tableau que Gabriel von Max peignit en 1864. Cette princesse sorabe épousa Bořivoj de Bohême en 874 et tous deux se convertirent au catholicisme. Mais plus tard, l’influence que Ludmila eut sur son fils Vratislav Ier, puis sur ses petit-fils Venceslas et Boleslav, contraria sa belle-fille Drahomira, princesse païenne qui, une fois veuve, s’empara de la Régence. En 921, elle envoya des Varègues au…

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