Aeneas descends in the underworld, Crispijn van de Passe (I), 1612 print Aeneas visits the Sibille of Cumea, together they descend into the underworld. In the background Aeneas, protected by a mistletoe, and the Sibille, in Charons Boot. Aeneas Dido finds under the dead. In the margin a four -line caption, in two columns, in Latin. Utrecht paper engraving Charon conveys Aeneas and the Sibyl in his boat; they alight at the gates of Pluto's kingdom. Aeneas and the Sibyl pass by Tartarus. Aeneas and the Sibyl meet various groups of the dead, among them is Dido, who turns aside. Aeneas, guided by


Aeneas descends in the underworld, Crispijn van de Passe (I), 1612 print Aeneas visits the Sibille of Cumea, together they descend into the underworld. In the background Aeneas, protected by a mistletoe, and the Sibille, in Charons Boot. Aeneas Dido finds under the dead. In the margin a four -line caption, in two columns, in Latin. Utrecht paper engraving Charon conveys Aeneas and the Sibyl in his boat; they alight at the gates of Pluto's kingdom. Aeneas and the Sibyl pass by Tartarus. Aeneas and the Sibyl meet various groups of the dead, among them is Dido, who turns aside. Aeneas, guided by the Sibyl, enters the underworld through the cave of Avernus


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