3471211 The Triumph of Marius, 1729 (oil on canvas) by Tiepolo, Giovanni Battista (Giambattista) (1696-1770); 558.8x326.7 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: One of ten painted to decorate Ca??Dolfin, Venice. Triumphal procession of the Roman general Gaius Marius with his captive the African king Jugurtha who in 104 B.C. was paraded through the streets of Rome. He was thrown into the Tullianum, where he died. The crowds carry booty, including a bust of the mother goddess Cybele. The thirty-year-old Tiepolo included his self-portrait among the figures on the left. ).