Zenobia, ruler of the Palmyrene empire, is besieged in Antioch by the Roman emperor Aurelian, and gives orders for the moving of her treasure: a man carrying a large vessel filled with coins carries it past the tomb of Odenathus. Line engraving by Charles Etienne Gaucher, 1789, after J. Werner.

  • Werner, Joseph, 1637-1710.
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Zenobia, ruler of the Palmyrene empire, is besieged in Antioch by the Roman emperor Aurelian, and gives orders for the moving of her treasure: a man carrying a large vessel filled with coins carries it past the tomb of Odenathus. Line engraving by Charles Etienne Gaucher, 1789, after J. Werner. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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In the background, inscribed with his name in Greek, is the tomb of Odenathus Septimus, the husband of Zenobia. He was a Palmyrene noble of consular rank who, on the capture of Valerian, had assumed the title of king, to be succeeded by Zenobia

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1789

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Inscription in ink on verso: J. Verner pinx. C.S. Gaucher 1789. Original de même grandeur

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Edmond Pognon and Yves Bruand, Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du XVIIIe siècle, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, tome IX, Paris 1962, p. 517, no. 196 ("Zénobie assiégée dans Antioche par Aurélien. Sous le tr. c, à la pointe : "J. Verner pinx. C. S. Gaucher inc. 1789." H. 0m164 x L. 0m120. L'état décrit, épr. et contrépr. … État avec, de plus, en encadrement rectangulaire et un cartouche en marge; les signatures sont reportées sous l'encadrement … Cet état figure dans la Galerie Le Brun. Portalis et Beraldi, no. 9.")

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