Plate 7: the blinded Polyphemus, guarding the entrance of his cavern, with Ulysses and his companions escaping below by covering themselves with ram skins 1756

Bartolomeo Crivellari's "Plate 7: the blinded Polyphemus, guarding the entrance of his cavern, with Ulysses and his companions escaping below by covering themselves with ram skins" is a powerful etching that depicts a scene from Homer's epic poem *The Odyssey*. The artwork depicts the one-eyed giant Polyphemus, blinded by Odysseus, guarding the entrance to his cave as Odysseus and his crew escape by clinging to the underside of rams. This dramatic engraving, dated 1756, showcases Crivellari's masterful use of light and shadow, giving the scene a heightened sense of tension and drama. The work is a fine example of the 18th-century Italian etching style, and it currently resides in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.