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Polyphemus and Galatea
The one-eyed giant pines for the sea-nymph — a myth painted for an emperor’s villa.
What
A mythological fresco panel — the Cyclops Polyphemus and the nymph Galatea in a luminous landscape — from the imperial villa at Boscotrecase.
Why
A faithful reproduction of a public-domain work in The Metropolitan Museum (CC0).
Notice
The figures are tiny; the landscape, and the longing, are everything.
“Even monsters were painted in love.”
Format
The full-resolution, colour-managed file — yours to print and keep. Editions ship with their certificate.
Sized to protect print quality — this source supports sizes up to 11x17" cleanly.
Size
$39.00
Honesty
ReproductionA faithful reproduction of a public-domain work. Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 20.192.17.
- Kind
- reproduction
- Era
- Roman, Boscotrecase, last decade of the 1st century BCE
- Source
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — a work of antiquity (Pompeii / the Greek vase canon). Cleared by open-access-registrar on 2026-07-18. The Metropolitan Museum of Art — Open Access (CC0). isPublicDomain:true; accession 20.192.17; direct-fetch confirmed 2026-07-18.
