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Description: | The painting is one of eight panels set into the wall of the Old Library. The panel shows an aged man meeting a poor man. The old man may be Homer, as he appears to be blind. In this case, it might be the episode where he met the goatherd Glaucus. Glaucus took in the wandering poet and brought him to the attention of his master, through whom Homer set up a school of poetry. This educational subject would have suited the function of the library. | Subjects: | history; mythology; figure (Homer and Glaucus?) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Rebecca, Biagio (Italian painter, 1735-1808, active in Great Britain) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8691... | Go to resource |
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