3545807 Belisarius, 1797 (oil on canvas) by Gerard, Francois Pascal Simon, Baron (1770-1837); 91.8x72.5 cm; J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, USA; (add.info.: In legend the Byzantine general Flavius Belisarius (c. 500-65 AD) was blinded by Emperor Justinian and forced to beg. The 18th-century French writer Jean-Francois Marmontel used his story for an oblique attack on Louis XV and ungrateful monarchs. Gerard has introduced an incapacitating snakebite for his young guide).