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| Keywords: Thomas Couture - Horace and Lydia - Walters 3723.jpg A nude woman clasps her arms around the neck of a man reclining on a draped bench He is being served wine by a kneeling servant At the extreme right is a column entwined with vine grapes The subjects of this painting have traditionally been identified as the Roman poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus 65-8 BC and Lydia a Roman courtesan who figures prominently in the poet's Odes An identical composition though distinguished by more dramatic illumination is in the Wallace collection London inv P340 dated 1843 listed as A Roman Feast The composition is generally described as an essay preliminary to the celebrated Romans of the Decadence Louvre R F 3451 shown at the Salon of 1847 Superficial similarities can be cited between the poses of the figures in the small composition and those of the reclining couple at the left side of the Salon picture and also between the laurel-wreathed male head in this picture and the head of the second figure witnessing the orgy at the extreme right in the Louvre painting Drawings related to the London and Baltimore pictures were sold at the Hôtel Drouot Paris November 23 1970 and again June 25 1973 after 1843 oil on panel cm 21 5 27 accession number 37 23 13728 Sedelmeyer Sale Paris April 30-March 2 1879 no 13 S P Avery New York date and mode of acquisition unknown William T Walters Baltimore March 10 1885 by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T Walters 1885 Signature Mid left T C place of origin France Walters Art Museum license 2D Thomas Couture Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review French paintings in the Walters Art Museum | ||||
