January 23, 2012
centuriespast:

Antonio TempestaItalian (Florence, Italy 1555 - 1630 Rome, Italy) Aesculapius as a Serpent, among the Romans, 1606
Series: Illustrations to Ovid’s “Metamorphoses”PrintEtching10.5 x 12 cm (4 1/8 x 4 3/4 in.) B. 786Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum,

Why are the Romans depicted in oriental costumes?

centuriespast:

Antonio Tempesta
Italian (Florence, Italy 1555 - 1630 Rome, Italy) 
Aesculapius as a Serpent, among the Romans, 1606
Series: Illustrations to Ovid’s “Metamorphoses”
Print
Etching
10.5 x 12 cm (4 1/8 x 4 3/4 in.) 
B. 786
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum,

Why are the Romans depicted in oriental costumes?

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