El sueño de Calpurnia
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| El sueño de Calpurnia | |
|---|---|
| Artist | Luis Álvarez Catalá |
| Year | 1861 |
| Location | Museo del Prado |
El sueño de Calpurnia (Calpurnia's Dream, also called Calpurnia, the wife of Julius Caesar)[1] is an 1861 painting by Luis Álvarez Catalá which depicts the nightmare Calpurnia had the night before the death of her husband Julius Caesar. The work won Álvarez a Gold Medal at the first National Exposition of Florence and a second place at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts of Spain in 1862.[2]