"Whenever I hear the word 'culture', I reach for my gun " - Hermann Göring (1893 – 1946)
< Back to The Old Masters

The Poet Virgil

The Poet Virgil. One of a series of paintings done by the Italian (Calabrian) painter, Mattia Preti (1630 -90). He, like numerous painters from the region, was much influenced by Caravaggio's use of light and shade. This painting is a good example of the technique

The Old Masters are available for book illustrations, annual reports, paper and packaging, giftware, related products. You can license them in the following format: Original transparencies in 6 x 6 cm. (2¼ in.) format, high-resolution RGB drum scans on DVD or efficient and quick E-Mail or FTP upload.