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Horace and Lydia  1843

by Thomas Couture

A nude woman clasps her arms around the neck of a man reclining on a draped bench. He is being served wine by a kneeling servant. At the extreme right is a column entwined with vine grapes. The subjects of this painting have traditionally been identified as the Roman poet, Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65-8 BC) and Lydia, a Roman courtesan, who figures prominently in the poet'...
Size: 
H: 8 7/16 x W: 10 5/8 in. (21.5 x 27 cm)
Medium: 
oil on panel
Credit: 
Courtesy of the Walters Art Museum