![]() It was Cornelia’s attention to their education and upbringing that made this all possible. Her sons, Tiberius and Gaius Semproneus Gracchus (“the Gracchi”) grew up to be important social reformers in the Roman world. She became widowed, but instead of getting re-married (though history tells us she had plenty of opportunity), she chose to focus on raising her three surviving children. Cornelia Africana was something of a Roman hero celebrated for her dedication to her family. The subject of Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi was a real historical woman. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA. It has an important message: family is everything.Īngelica Kauffman, Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi, 1785. Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi by Angelica Kauffman shows a pretty Roman woman and her three children. ![]()
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