The Triumph of Julius Caesar: Caesar Triumphant
Medium
chiaroscuro woodcut
Dimensions
sheet: 36.7 × 37.8 cm · matted: 52.9 × 50.8 cm
Classification
Department
Prints
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Dudley P. Allen Fund
Accession Number
1930.583.10
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
male
About this artwork
Enthroned in an elaborate chariot, Caesar rides past a triumphal arch. He holds a palm branch, the traditional attribute of Victory, depicted here as the winged allegorical figure holding a laurel crown above Caesar’s head. Ancient reports of triumphs agree this task was typically assigned to a slave. The words VENI, VEDI, VICI on the banner famously translate as “I came, I saw, I conquered.”