# Septimius Severus and Caracalla [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GREUZE, Jean-Baptiste]() - Date: 1751-1800 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 124 x 160 cm ## Commentary This painting by Greuze is frankly Poussin-like. The artist wished to be recognized as a history painter; he chose an obscure subject to illustrate: Septimius Severus Roman emperor \(146-211\) reproaches his son, Caracalla for trying to assasinate him. Varied emotions are at work within it: from Caracalla's angry shame to the surprise of the chamberlain, Castor, at the emperor's recklessly heroic gesture which is at once a challenge and a rebuke. ## Related artworks - [Ange Laurent de La Live de Jully]() - [Bust of Young Woman \(La Reveuse\)]() - [Epiphany \(Le gâteau des rois\)]() - [Fear, Expression Head]() - [Girl with Birds]() - [Head of a Boy]() - [Indolence \(La Paresseuse Italienne\)]() - [Innocence]() - [La Polonaise \(A Polish Beauty\)]() - [L'Accordée de Village \(detail\)]() - [L'Accordée de Village]() - [Madame Greuze]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()