82nd & Fifth from The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Triumph of Marius

The Latin inscription at the top of the canvas is taken from the description by Roman historian Lucius Anneus Florus of an event that occurred in 104 B.C.: “The Roman people behold Jugurtha laden with chains.”
The African king Jugurtha is shown descending a hill before his captor, the Roman general Gaius Marius.
The Roman general Gaius Marius
A bust of the mother goddess Cybele
Roman military standard with SPQR inscription
Medallion with date the painting was finished (1729)
The thirty-year-old Tiepolo included his portrait among the figures on the left.

Take a closer look at the dense cast of characters in Tiepolo's The Triumph of Marius by selecting the hotspots on the right.

The Triumph of Marius, 1729
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian)
Oil on canvas
Rogers Fund, 1965 (65.183.1)