The Ides of March
Title
The Ides of March
Date Created
1883
Creator
E. J. Poynter
Medium
Oil on canvas
Format
153 x 112.6 cm
Subject
Act II, scene II, of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, when the wife of Caesar, Calphurnia, implores her husband not to go to the senate house, where he will be assassinated.
Description
Two heavily draped figures, Caesar and Calphurnia, stand with their backs to the viewer in the center of a grand Roman interior with polished marble floors and columns. They look out onto an ominous night sky, filled with heavy clouds and the illuminated path of a falling comet, toward the silhouette of an armed guard standing on a parapet. A painted marble bust of Caesar is eerily lit from below, casting an exaggerated shadow on the wall.
Relation
Studio portrait of E. J. Poynter
Rights
Public domain, http://www.wikigallery.org
Identifier
MAG 1883.18
Contributor
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, England
Omeka record contributed by Linda Merrill
Date Submitted
September 28, 2016
Source
Wikigallery
URL
http://www.wikigallery.org
Files
Collection
Reference
The Ides of March, E. J. Poynter
Cite As
E. J. Poynter, “The Ides of March,” Victorian Artists at Home, accessed October 22, 2026, https://artistsathome.emorydomains.org/items/show/64.
Item Relations
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