Severino Baraldi

Artist: Severino Baraldi
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 12" x 16" (300mm x 405mm)
Date: 1981

This is the original Gouache painting by Severino Baraldi.

Horatius at the Bridge. According to legend, to enter Rome the Etruscan army had to cross a narrow bridge. Three men stood alone on that bridge to defend their city against the invaders. Horatius was in command when Etruscans tried to get across the Pon Sublicius on the right bank of the Tiber River.

When the Etruscans began to cross with fleeing Romans Horatius and two general officers: Spurius Larcius and Titus Herminius stood guard to defend Rome. As he stood against the Etruscans, he ordered the bridge be destroyed.