18 Works, Today, March 28th. is artist Jean-Paul Laurens’ day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #86

Tiberius Caesar Augustus (42 BC — 16 March AD 37) was the second Roman emperor, reigning from AD 14 to 37. He succeeded his stepfather, Augustus.

In 26 AD he removed himself from Rome and left administration largely in the hands of his unscrupulous Praetorian prefects Sejanus and Naevius Sutorius Macro. When Tiberius died, he was succeeded by his grand-nephew and adopted grandson, Caligula. More on Tiberius Caesar Augustus

Jean-Paul Laurens (28 March 1838–23 March 1921) was a French painter and sculptor, and one of the last major exponents of the French Academic style.

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