Charlotte wolter als messalina

Charlotte wolter als messalina: Hans Makart

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Work Overview: Charlotte wolter als messalina
German: Charlotte Wolter als „Messalina“
Date circa 1875
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions Height: 142 cm (55.9 in). Width: 223 cm (87.8 in).
Current location Vienna Museum

Valeria Messalina,[1] sometimes spelled Messallina, (c. 17/20–48) was the third wife of the Roman Emperor Claudius. She was a paternal cousin of the Emperor Nero, a second-cousin of the Emperor Caligula, and a great-grandniece of the Emperor Augustus. A powerful and influential woman with a reputation for promiscuity, she allegedly conspired against her husband and was executed on the discovery of the plot. Her notorious reputation arguably results from political bias, but works of art and literature have perpetuated it into modern times.

During the last quarter of the 19th century the idea of the femme fatale came into prominence and encouraged many more works featuring Messalina. 1875 saw the German verse tragedy Arria und Messalina by Adolf Wilbrandt in which Charlotte Wolter starred as the Empress. That year too Hans Makart painted her in the role.[28] It was followed two years later in Italy by Pietro Cossa's tragedy, in which Messalina figures as a totally unrestrained woman in pursuit of love, and by Luigi Danesi's ballet. In the USA there was a 5-act tragedy by Algernon Sydney Logan (1849–1925), who had liberal views on sex.

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