Pierre-Narcisse Guérin · 1799
The Return of Marcus Sextus
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Marcus Sextus, grey-haired and bearded in a green tunic and red cloak, returns from exile to find his wife dead on a bed in a dim Roman room, while his daughter kneels clutching his leg. Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Up to 8.9 × 8 in · landscape
Size
Larger sizes are unavailable for this painting because the source scan's resolution wouldn't print at gallery quality.
Format & finish
Archival cotton canvas stretched over a wooden frame. Ready to hang as-is. No external frame.
Scale next to a 5'10" person
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Materials & quality
›Canvas & inks
Giclée-printed on archival cotton canvas with fade-resistant pigment inks, hand-stretched over wooden bars. Gallery-wrapped — ready to hang with no extra frame needed.
›Floater frame
Hand-finished solid wood floater frame in five finishes. The canvas sits inside with a clean shadow gap — the way galleries hang contemporary canvas.
›Posters
Premium archival paper — 200 gsm soft matte or 230 gsm vibrant glossy. Ships flat or rolled, ready for your own frame.
›Faithful to the source
Printed from the highest-resolution museum and archive scans available. Each painting's maximum size is capped at what its source scan can support at gallery quality.
The story of The Return of Marcus Sextus
An oil-on-canvas history painting from 1799 that debuted at the Salon of 1799 and became one of the most celebrated works of the post-Terror era. Contemporaries read it as an allegory of the return of the emigres after the Reign of Terror.
Adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pierre Narcisse Guérin
Pierre-Narcisse, baron Guérin was a French painter, born in Paris.
All Pierre-Narcisse Guérin prints →Biography adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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