{"product_id":"ovid-among-the-scythians","title":"Ovid among the Scythians","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist: \u003c\/strong\u003eEugène Delacroix (French, 1798–1863)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal Dimensions: \u003c\/strong\u003e12 5\/8\" x 19 3\/4\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLocation:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Artwork: \u003c\/strong\u003e(1862) \"\u003cspan\u003eThis 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. He was treated with kindness by the Scythians, who are shown feeding him and expressing mare’s milk for him to drink. This painting reprises a larger composition that Delacroix exhibited at the Salon of 1859 (now National Gallery, London). Reviews were mixed, but its admirers included Edgar Degas and the critic Charles Baudelaire, who wrote \"The mind sinks into it with a slow and appreciative rapture…\"\" - (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/art\/collection\/search\/439631\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York - Ovid among the Scythians\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Eugène Delacroix","offers":[{"title":"No Size Selected (Select a Size)","offer_id":49887403344115,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Replica Size (12 5\/8\" x 19 3\/4\")","offer_id":49887403376883,"sku":null,"price":549.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Signature Size (14 1\/4\" x 22 1\/4\")","offer_id":49887403409651,"sku":null,"price":695.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Classic Size (17 1\/2\" x 27 3\/8\")","offer_id":49887403442419,"sku":null,"price":895.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Gallery Size (21 1\/2\" x 33 5\/8\")","offer_id":49887403475187,"sku":null,"price":1295.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Statement Size (27 3\/4\" x 43 3\/8\")","offer_id":49887403507955,"sku":null,"price":1995.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Grand Size (33 1\/4\" x 52\")","offer_id":49887403540723,"sku":null,"price":2795.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Estate Size (39 1\/8\" x 61 1\/8\")","offer_id":49887403573491,"sku":null,"price":3695.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Museum Size (47\" x 73 1\/2\")","offer_id":49887403606259,"sku":null,"price":4995.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0827\/5738\/6483\/files\/OvidamongtheScythians.jpg?v=1785969908","url":"https:\/\/commissionedpaintings.com\/products\/ovid-among-the-scythians","provider":"Commissioned Paintings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}