Horace Reading to Maecenas
Date1901
Artist
Howard Pyle
(American illustrator, 1853–1911)
Illustration CitationThe Odes and Epodes of Horace, edited by Clement Laurence Smith, with illustrations by Howard Pyle and William Bicknell (Boston: The Bibliophile Society, 1901)
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions18 1/8 × 10 7/8 in. (46 × 27.6 cm)
frame: 26 3/4 × 19 1/4 in. (67.9 × 48.9 cm)
frame: 26 3/4 × 19 1/4 in. (67.9 × 48.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. George Callery, 1963
Object number1963-24
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextGaius Cilnius Maecenas was a Roman patron of the arts in the first century BCE. He favored the poet Horace with both financial support and an estate outside Rome.
