Aeneas and Mercury (from "The Works of Virgil: Containing his Pastorals, Georgics and Aeneis," 1697)
1 of 30 illustrations etched by Hollar for an edition of The Aeneid.
In a square in Carthage, Mercury approaching Aeneas from the air, warning him to leave the city; Ascanius and a middle-aged man standing by at right; stone mason working at centre foreground, workmen shovelling stones and carrying stone blocks at left, others working on buildings in background; statue of Diana in a niche at right; coat of arms below image at centre.
In a square in Carthage, Mercury approaching Aeneas from the air, warning him to leave the city; Ascanius and a middle-aged man standing by at right; stone mason working at centre foreground, workmen shovelling stones and carrying stone blocks at left, others working on buildings in background; statue of Diana in a niche at right; coat of arms below image at centre.
Artwork Details
- Title: Aeneas and Mercury (from "The Works of Virgil: Containing his Pastorals, Georgics and Aeneis," 1697)
- Etcher: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
- Artist: After Franz Cleyn (German, Rostock 1582–1658 London)
- Author: Related author Virgil (Roman, Andes 70 BCE–19 BCE Brundisium)
- Date: 1654
- Medium: Etching and engraving; fifth state of five, the plate reduced, as published in 1697 or 1698
- Dimensions: Plate: 10 1/4 × 7 11/16 in. (26 × 19.5 cm)
Sheet: 13 7/8 × 7 7/8 in. (35.2 × 20 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1963
- Object Number: 63.601.13
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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