Hugh Raffles' new publication: Tiepolo’s Triumph

September 26, 2024

Read Hugh Raffles‘ (Faculty) new publication on THE MET PERSPECTIVES: Tiepolo’s Triumph.

Here is an excerpt from the article:
“How many millions have climbed the Great Staircase since Tiepolo’s The Triumph of Marius (1729) was unrolled from its giant storage drum in Saranac Lake, New York, in 1965, and shipped downstate to The Met? And what do they see when they look up at that dazzling scene tumbling toward them? Beyond the atrium, across the stairwell, the shimmering vanishing point. Marius’s parade, Tiepolo’s parade, and the parade of visitors posing for their phones, Marius and Jugurtha looming behind them, Tiepolo’s epic the backdrop to theirs.”

You can read the article here.

Image:
The Triumph of Marius, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1729
MET – Public Domain