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Description: | The painting is one of eight panels set into the wall of the Old Library. It is believed to show Pliny the Elder, the ancient Roman author of the famous Natural History, a sort of encyclopaedia of all sorts of knowledge. He was interested in the natural world, studying botany and zoology, and also in human behaviour including religion. The animals brought to him in this painting might relate to these interests. The Sphinx in the background suggests he is in Egypt: Pliny worked for the Roman Empire in North Africa. | Subjects: | history; figure (Pliny the Elder) | 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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