''Claudius Proclaimed Emperor'' is an oil on canvas painting by

Charles Lebayle Charles Lebayle (28 May 1856, in Paris – 22 January 1898, in Paris) was a French painter and designer, who is mostly known for his collaborations with stained glass makers. Biography His father ran a window dresser, window dressing and deco ...

, now in the

École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts The Beaux-Arts de Paris is a French ''grande école'' whose primary mission is to provide high-level arts education and training. This is classical and historical School of Fine Arts in France. The art school, which is part of the Paris Science ...

, in

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

. The subject set for the Prix de Rome in 1886 was the event of the proclamation of

Claudius Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (; 1 August 10 BC – 13 October AD 54) was the fourth Roman emperor, ruling from AD 41 to 54. A member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, Claudius was born to Nero Claudius Drusus, Drusu ...

as emperor in 41 CE as described in

Suetonius Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (), commonly referred to as Suetonius ( ; c. AD 69 – after AD 122), was a Roman historian who wrote during the early Imperial era of the Roman Empire. His most important surviving work is a set of biographies ...

's '' Lives of the Caesars'' (''Claudius'', 10). Lebayle won his category with the work, gaining him a two-year stay at the Villa Medici in Rome.

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