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Oil painting of a seated figure in crimson robes feeding pigeons from a tray, with courtiers in white robes and columns in a sunlit Roman palace hall.

The Favourites of the Emperor Honorius

A richly dressed seated figure in a crimson robe and headdress offers grain from a tray to a flock of grey pigeons on a marble floor. Courtiers in white robes and an attendant with a raised arm stand among columns in a sunlit Roman palace hall, rendered in oil.

Artist
John William Waterhouse
Date
1883
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
3307 × 1907 px
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Public domain · John William Waterhouse died 1917 and the work dates by 1883; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier B · as stated by the source: Public domain

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): John William Waterhouse, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

Español: Los favoritos del emperador Honorio

Una figura sentada, con ropajes carmesí y tocado, ofrece grano desde una bandeja a una bandada de palomas grises sobre un suelo de mármol. Cortesanos vestidos de blanco y un asistente con el brazo en alto están entre columnas en un salón palaciego romano iluminado, pintado al óleo.

Português: Os favoritos do imperador Honório

Uma figura sentada, com vestes carmesim e toucado, oferece grãos em uma bandeja a um bando de pombos cinzentos sobre um piso de mármore. Cortesãos de vestes brancas e um auxiliar com o braço erguido estão entre colunas em um salão de palácio romano iluminado, pintado a óleo.

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