Showing posts with label Egeria. Show all posts
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18.1.14

Nymph Egeria and Numa Pompilius

According to Ovid, the nymph Egeria, an inhabitant of a cave in Cafarela Park, in Rome, is supposed to have influenced the governance of Numa Pompilius, the second king of this city.

Segundo Ovídio a ninfa Egéria, moradora numa gruta do Parque Cafarela em Roma, teria influenciado a governação de Numa Pompílio, segundo rei desta cidade.


  Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665)-'landscape with Numa Pompilius and the Nymph Egeria'-ca 1624    Chantilly-Musée Condé

Anna Ottani Cavina (19th century)-.Egeria gives the law to Numa Pompilius'-1806 Roma-Spanish enmbassy to the Holy See

Felice Giani (1758-1823)-'Numa Pompilius and Nymph Egeria'-fresco-(1802-1905)    Faenza-Palazzo Milzetti (Sala  Numa Pompilius)

Angelica Kauffmann (1741-1807)-'Egeria handing Numa Pompilius his shield-1794

Attr. Jean-Claude Naigeon (1753-1832)-'Numa Pompilius consulting the Nymph Egeria'-ca 1791    Barnard Castle-Bowes Museum