# Cloelia and Her Companions Escaping from the Etruscans

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## Artwork

- Artist: [WOUTERS, Frans](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/wouters-frans-r904054acf9f7c3>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on panel, 56 x 78 cm

## Commentary

Cloelia was one of the ten daughters, who, with ten sons, of patrician Roman families, were given as hostages to Lars Porsena, the Etruscan king of Clusium, as a token of good faith following the conclusion of a treaty between Rome and the Etruscans. Cloelia escaped to Rome by re-crossing the Tiber on horseback, persuading her female companions to swim after her. The girls were sent back by the Romans but Porsena, in admiration of Cloelia&#39;s courage, presented her with a horse and restored her freedom together with that of her companions. This theme was common in Italian and northern Baroque painting.

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## Attribution

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