PILOTY, Karl Theodor von
(b. 1826, München, d. 1886, Ambach bei München)

Thusnelda Led in Germanicus' Triumph

1873
Oil on canvas, 490 x 710 cm
Neue Pinakothek, Munich

Thusnelda (b. ca. 10 BC) was the daughter of the Cheruscan prince Segestes. Her father had intended her for someone else, but Arminius, who subsequently led a coalition of Germanic tribes to victory over Publius Quinctilius Varus and his legions in the Battle of Teutoburg Forest in 9 AD, eloped with her and married her instead.




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