The Emperor Honorius Making Constantius His Co-Ruler (c. 1730) by Giambattista Pittoni

The Emperor Honorius Making Constantius His Co-Ruler is an oil on canvas painting by Giambattista Pittoni from c. 1730. It has been in the Pushkin Museum, in Moscow, since 1924.[1] It shows a rarely-painted scene from ancient Roman history in which Honorius divided his power with Constantius, husband of Honorius's sister Galla Placidia.[2]

References

  1. ↑ (in Russian) "Catalogue entry".
  2. ↑ (in Italian) Franca Zava Boccazzi, "Pittoni", Ed. Alfieri, p.146, Venezia, 1974
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