The Roses of Heliogabalus

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The Roses of Heliogabalus is a famous painting of 1888 by the Anglo-Dutch academician Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, at present in private hands, and based on a probably invented episode in the life of the Roman emperor Elagabalus, also known as Heliogabalus, (204–222), taken from the Augustan History.^{[citation needed]} Elagabalus is portrayed attempting to smother his unsuspecting guests in rose-petals released from false ceiling panels.^{[citation needed]}

The canvas measures 214 cm by 132 cm^[1] (about 84" by 52"), dimensions which are approximately in the golden ratio, 1:1.618.^{[citation needed]}

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1. ^ Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema "The roses of Heliogabalus". Art Prints on Demand.