The Assassination of Julius Caesar | |
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Artist | William Holmes Sullivan |
Year | 1888 |
Medium | oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 58.4 cm × 89 cm (23.0 in × 35 in) |
Location | Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon |
The Assassination of Julius Caesar is a 1888 painting by William Holmes Sullivan which depicts the assassination of Julius Caesar at the hands of his fellow senators. The painting, like Sullivan's other works, is based on Shakespare's play the Tragedy of Julius Caesar, depicts the Act III, Scene 1, and is placed in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.[1][2][3] A similar version by Sullivan is named Et tu Brute.