Style: stark, simple, very CLASSICAL/ROMAN-INSPIRED background powerful muscular and draped Roman-inspired figures-Caravaggesque NATURALISM AND DENSITY OF FIGURES, RATIONAL GEOMETRY, PERSPECTIVAL LINES, SHALLOW SPACE, SHARP CONTOURS, drama, beam of light on sword. One bro survives and kills her when she curses him
Subject: taken from ancient Rome deals with putting CIVIC DUTY BEFORE FAMILY, 3 bros make oath to die for Rome, their sister in the background is sad cuz her husband is on opposing side so either way its bad.
Function: originally painted for a royal patron
