Tag: Aeneid

Latino offre in matrimonio Lavinia a Enea (1753-1754)

Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Latino offre in matrimonio Lavinia a Enea (Latinus gives Aeneas his daughter Lavinia in marriage) 1753–1754 Oil on canvas, 140.5 x 109.5 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen Decorative pictorial sequences came to play a major role in Giambattista…

Aeneas in the underworld (s.d.)

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)

John Dryden

(1631–1700) Works: • All for Love; Or, The World Well Lost: A Tragedy (English) • Discourses on Satire and on Epic Poetry (English) • Dryden’s Palamon and Arcite (English) • His Majesties Declaration Defended (English) • The Aeneid, Translated by…

Aeneas and the Sibyl in the Underworld (1630s)

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…

Venus Giving Arms to Aeneas (1668)

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…

Virgil

(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…

Enea, Anchise e Ascanio (1619)

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…

Dido building Carthage (1815)

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…

Gian Lorenzo Bernini

(1598–1680) The artist’s works: Baccanale: un fauno preso in giro da bambini c.1616–1617 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York San Sebastiano 1616–1617 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid San Lorenzo 1617 Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Nudo maschile seduto c.1618–1624 Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Anima dannata…