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An historical scene with figures at a table. In the centre of the picture is a young woman with light brown hair. She wears an off-the-shoulder white lace blouse with blue bows at the shoulders and a red bodice. She looks pensively to the left, and touches a pendant she wears around her neck, with her left hand, which also holds a pink rose. In her right, she loosely holds a goblet of wine. To the right of the woman is a young man, who appears to be a suitor. He touches her lightly on the shoulder, gazing at her. He has short light brown hair, and wears a red striped cloak; he has gold rings on his fingers. On the woman's left is a bearded man who is turning into the picture and holding aloft a silver, wide-rimmed goblet in his left hand. Another man adopts an identical pose on the right of the picture. In the foreground is the table, with fruit on a dish, a knife, a handkerchief and a small condiment pot. The scene comes from Book 1 of Horace's poems.
Nottingham Castle
Nottingham
Title
Tibullus in the House of Delia
Date
1900–1905
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 76.2 x W 76.2 cm
Accession number
NCM 1945-1
Acquisition method
purchased, 1945
Work type
Painting
Inscription description
sig
Nottingham Castle
Lenton Road, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire NG1 6EL England
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