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
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.”