Sydney Herbert (1854 - 1914), Queen Semiramis Of Babylon?

Sydney Herbert
British painter
Worcestershire 1854 – 1914
A queen from Antiquity, most probably Queen Semiramis from Babylon
Oil on canvas : 122,7 X 91,9 cm
Signed bottom left “Sydney Herbert”
Frame : 133,8 X 103,3 cm

Sydney Herbert aimed to delight his audience with this kind of captivating pseudo-historical paintings, just like the 20th century directors of big-budget, American Peplum movies did with their impressive, bombastic sets of “Quo Vadis”, “Ben-Hur” or “Cleopatra”.

All my paintings stand fully documented on my website : 
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