 The famous Grotto of Tiberius can be seen in the background of five of the six tondos.One painting "Brother Carlo saving the Head of Ulysses" was painted for the exhibition "Dialogues with the Antique - Dialoghi con l'Antico" curated by the archaeologist and author Marina Sapelli Ragni at the Villa Adriana, Tivoli in 2011.Durand's vision of a monk who stoically rescues the severed head of Odysseus.