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Aeneas Going to Battle
Gerard de Lairesse, 1667
De Lairesse’s subject matter was frequently highly idiosyncratic. This time he chose a rarely portrayed scene in the Aeneid, Vergil’s epic poem about the Trojan Aeneas. The goddess Venus, Aeneas’ mother, enjoins her son from a cloud to wage war against the Greeks. Desperate, his wife Creusa and son Ascanius, try to stop him. To no avail, naturally.
- Artwork typeprint
- Object numberRP-P-OB-46.788
- Dimensionsheight 304 mm x width 387 mm
- Physical characteristicsets; proefdruk