Idealized Portrait of the Poet Homer, 1639. Creator: Unknown.

Idealized Portrait of the Poet Homer, 1639. The old man honored by a laurel wreath is Homer, the greatest poet of antiquity, identified by the inscription on the sheet of paper with the names of the cities that claimed Homer as a native. This imaginary portrait (no one knows what he looked like) is not so much a celebration of the author of the early Greek epic poems- The Iliad and The Odyssey- but of the fame that a poet could achieve.

ANCIANO • ANCIANOS • ANCIENT GREEK • ANTIGUA GRECIA • ARTE • ARTES • BARBA • BARBADO • BELGICA • CABELLO • CABEZA Y LOS HOMBROS • CABEZA • CHICO • COLOR • COLORIDO • CONCEPTO • CORONA DE LAUREL • CORONA LAUREL • CORONAS DE LAUREL • EDAD ANTIGUA • EDAD • ENVEJECIMIENTO • EUROPA • FLAMENCO (DE FLANDES) • FLANDES • GENTE • GRECIA ANTIGUA • GRECIA • GRIEGO ANTIGUO • HOMBRE DE EDAD AVANZADA • HOMBRE MAYOR • HOMBRE • HOMBRES • HOMERO • LITERATURA • MASCULINO • MUSEO • OLEO SOBRE TABLA • OLEO • PERSONA MAYOR • PINTURA AL OLEO • PINTURA • POESIA • POETA • PORTRAIT • RETRATO DE HOMBRE • RETRATO • SIGLO XVII • SIGLO • TERCERA EDAD • UNA PERSONA • VEJEZ • VELLO FACIAL • VIEJO (PERSONA)