Ovid among the Scythians, 1862, Oil on paper, laid down on wood, 12 5/8 x 19 3/4 in. (32.1 x 50.2 cm), Paintings, Eugène Delacroix (French, Charenton-Saint-Maurice 1798–1863 Paris), This is the final work Delacroix devoted to a theme that had first attracted him in 1835. It depicts the exiled poet Ovid, who in A.D. 8 was banished from Rome to the coast of the Black Sea, at present-day Constantsa, Romania
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Ovid, Scythians, 1862, Oil, paper, laid down, wood, 12 5/8 x 19 3/4, 32.1 50.2 cm, Paintings, Eugène Delacroix, French, Charenton-Saint-Maurice, 1798–1863, Paris, final work, devoted, theme, first attracted, 1835, depicts, exiled poet, D, 8, banished, Rome, coast, Black Sea, present-day Constantsa, Romania
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