Emperor Comodo in Gouache -Practice of White and lights.
I was absent these last days for work reasons, I have returned to my routine at home and I can continue drawing and practicing with more freedom, so yesterday I started with this.
Who was Comodo?
Comodo was a Roman emperor, perhaps one of the best known for having been despotic and arrogant, but Comodo had the particularity unlike other ruthless emperors of having been the son of the most good emperor that Rome had, Marcus Aurelius, his father succeeded him to the throne due to the death of many of his brothers, and when he saw himself as the only surviving male, he remained as the legitimate heir.
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He did not have so many excuses for being a bad emperor, since his government was relatively calm, compared to his father's, but yes, it was more chaotic and turbulent in internal matters.
He liked circus activities very much, he got to face battle with soldiers, and people on the street, who were heartless, came down to the arena about 700 times.
One of the multiple attempts to overthrow him, were committed by his older sister, and some of the Senate, failed, and they were executed and his sister exiled to Capri.
He had an obsession for Hercules and his figure, he believed to be his reincarnation, and to prove it himself, he mediates in the arena with gladiators and all kinds of adversaries, in fact, the tiger or lion skin that he has is the painting I did , I take it off in a fight. Pretty eccentric guy huh.
And finally after many conspiracies, he was killed by a slave with his bare hands while bathing. He died at the age of 31.
This is a good work. It seems to be a statue itself!