Antonio Tempesta
Italian (Florence, Italy 1555 - 1630 Rome, Italy)
Aesculapius as a Serpent, among the Romans, 1606Series: Illustrations to Ovid’s “Metamorphoses”
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?