The Death of Messalina

The Death of Messalina is an 1870 oil on canvas painting by Fernand Lematte, now in the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts with the inventory number PRP 121 / MU 3004 de Paris.
The death of Claudius's wife Messalina in the Gardens of Lucullus (as reported in Tacitus' "Annals" XI, 37–38) was the subject set for candidates for the Prix de Rome in 1870. It was exhibited at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon's 2018–2019 exhibition "Claude, un empereur au destin singulier".