Coriolanus Taking Leave of His Family is a 1786 history painting by the French artist Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson.Fehr & Roilos p.372 It depicts a scene featuring the legendary Roman general Gnaeus Marcius Coriolanus departing from his grieving family, having been banished from the city.National Gallery of Art
The eighteen-year old Girodet, a student of Jacques-Louis David, submitted it as his entry for that year's Prix de Rome. Although unsuccessful he was able to win the prize in 1789.Levey p.296 He moved to Rome from 1789 to 1793 to study and later became to emerge the Neoclassism used in his early works with the emerging Romantic style.Palmer p.193 Today the painting is in the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, having been acquired in 2019.National Gallery of Art
References
Bibliography Fehr, Burkhard & Roilos, Panagiotis (ed.) Mythogenesis, Interdiscursivity, Ritual. BRILL, 2024. Levey, Michael. Painting and Sculpture in France, 1700-1789. Yale University Press, 1993. Levitine, George. Girodet-Trioson: An Iconographical Study. Garland, 1978. Palmer, Allison Lee. Historical Dictionary of Romantic Art and Architecture. Rowman & Littlefield, 2019.