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Neoclassical painting of a toga-clad man at a stone tomb with laurel, a lyre and wreath, and onlookers beneath trees.

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Horace at the tomb of Virgil, Jean-Bruno Gassies (1817), 2310aaee60f1c5d5097cc07b36d064b1. Via artnap.com

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Horace at the tomb of Virgil, a painting by Jean-Bruno Gassies dated 1817, shows a man in a white toga reaching toward a laurel branch beside an inscribed stone tomb. Nearby, a group of classical figures in tunics and a seated older man in a red cloak and helmet look on, while a wreath and lyre rest at the base of the monument under trees overlooking a distant coast.

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