Millais, John Everett (1829-1896) Aeneas Shown the Body of Pallas from Virgil’s “Aeneid” 1843 Pen and black ink on original mount, 36.1 x 48.7 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Inscribed, original mount, lower right, in black ink: J. E. Millais…
Cézanne, Paul (1839-1906) Enée rencontre Didon à Carthage (Aeneas Meeting Dido at Carthage) c.1875 Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on buff laid paper, 12 x 18.4 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Verso: This early work by Cézanne belongs to a group of…
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Aeneas in the underworld s.d. Oil on oak panel, 47 x 32 cm National Museum Wales, Cardiff See also: • The Aeneid (English) | Virgil (70 BC-19 BC)
Lairesse, Gérard de (1641-1711) Aeneas and the Sibyl c.1670 Etching on laid paper, 20.2 × 15.6 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
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…
Lairesse, Gérard de (1641-1711) Venus Giving Arms to Aeneas (Venus schenkt wapens aan Aeneas) 1668 Oil on canvas, 161.8 x 165.8 cm Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp In the 17th century, classicism broke through, also in golden Holland. Artists…
(70 BC–19 BC) Publius Vergilius Maro Works: • Aeneidos (Latin) ◊ The Aeneid (English) • Eclogae (Latin) ◊ The Bucolics and Eclogues (English) • Georgicon (Latin) ◊ The Georgics (English) Quotes: • Virgil: Quotations Virgil in Art: Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Enea, Anchise e Ascanio 1619 Galleria Borghese, Roma…
Carthage in Art: Turner, Joseph (1775-1851) Dido building Carthage 1815 National Gallery, London Births: • Terence (c.195 BC-c.159 BC) See also: • Cities | Tunisia
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Enea, Anchise e Ascanio (Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius) 1619 Marble, h. 220 cm Galleria Borghese, Roma This is the first large sculpture group produced by Gian Lorenzo Bernini for Scipione Borghese, for which a payment receipt dating…
Turner, Joseph Mallord William (1775-1851) Dido building Carthage 1815 Oil on canvas, 155.5 x 230 cm National Gallery, London Turner’s painting is based on the English seventeenth-century author and poet John Dryden’s translation of the Aeneid, the monumental Latin poem written by…