Polyphemus. Pompeo Batoni

circa 1761
etching
29.1 × 20.5 cm (11.5 × 8.1 in)
Museu Nacional de Belas Artes
Accession number D 8553
Inscriptions A.io Piccini Roma 1878
The figure was formerly identified as Deucalion, but a recent research has shown it is in fact a study of Polyphemus for Batoni's Athis and Galathea (1761) housed in the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm [1].

Acis and Galatea, Pompeo Batoni

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