Ulysses at the Court of Alcinous

A preparatory study for the monumental canvas representing Ulysses at the Court of Alcinous destined for the Royal Palace of Capodimonte in Naples. The subject is an episode from Homer in which, while participating in a banquet with Alcinous, Ulysses is overcome with emotion upon hearing an account of his own deeds in Troy, and thus reveals his true identity.