Brueghel, Jan the Younger (1601-1678)
Aeneas and the Sibyl in the Underworld
1630s
Oil on copper, 26.7 x 35.9 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
This infernal image of the 1630s was inspired by the “hell landscapes” of Jan Brueghel the Elder which in turn looked back to Bosch. The subject is from Virgil, Aeneid, Book VI. (MET)
See also:
• Vergilius Maro, Publius (70 BC-19 BC)