Arcadian Landscape (detail)
by BOGUET, Nicolas-Didier, Oil on canvas
The Latin inscription found on the tomb reads: “Daphnis ego in silvis, hinc usque ad sidera notus/Formosi pecoris custos, formosior ipse” (Virgil, Eclogues, V, 43-44).
The Latin inscription found on the tomb reads: “Daphnis ego in silvis, hinc usque ad sidera notus/Formosi pecoris custos, formosior ipse” (Virgil, Eclogues, V, 43-44).