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Spanish appreciation of Trajan


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Discovered this today.

In the 18th century, King Charles III commissioned German painter Anton Raphael Mengs to paint The apotheosis of Trajan (depicting the deification of deceased Emporer Trajan AD 117) on the ceiling of the banquetting hall at the Royal Palace, Madrid.

 

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