Ovid Banished from Rome Canvas Print

This is a reproduction of “Ovid Banished from Rome" of 1838 by J. M. William Turner. The infamous Roman author of saucy poetry had often irritated Augustus who was intent on restoring the "old morals" to the Roman Empire. In the scandal over his own daughter's infidelities, Publius Ovidius Naso was exiled from Rome to the barbaric lands on the shore of the Black Sea where he died after ten years. This masterpiece was produced when the artist was sixty-three years old and well advanced into the eccentricity which marked his life after the death of his father. He had repeated bouts of depression and died twelve years after completing this painting. The original painting is 49.2 inches wide and 37.24 inches wide and resides in a private collection.

If you are interested in commissioning an oil painting on canvas of this art print, please send me an email attroy@trycap.com.

Troy Caperton was born in San Antonio, Texas in 1949. Raised in South Louisiana from 1953, he graduated from Baylor University in 1976 and pursued a Masters in History at the University of Louisiana until 1988 when he moved to Austin, Texas. For over ten years Caperton has been selling his original art and reproductions of original work and the masters through various portals on the Internet. One of his works won a Juror’s Prize at Austin’s Art Erotica in 2010. He has always been employed in helping positions and continues to produce works for the enjoyment of the public.