Aeneas and Mercury (from "The Works of Virgil: Containing his Pastorals, Georgics and Aeneis," 1697) 1654 Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian 1 of 30 illustrations etched by Hollar for an edition of The 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 Aeneas and Mercury (from "The
Aeneas and Mercury (from "The Works of Virgil: Containing his Pastorals, Georgics and Aeneis," 1697) 1654 Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian 1 of 30 illustrations etched by Hollar for an edition of The 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 Aeneas and Mercury (from "The Works of Virgil: Containing his Pastorals, Georgics and Aeneis," 1697) 380572 Etcher: Wenceslaus Hollar, Bohemian, Prague 1607?1677 London, Artist: After Franz Cleyn, German, Rostock 1582?1658 London, Aeneas and Mercury, 1654, Etching and engraving; fifth state of five,the plate reduced, as published in 1697 or 1698, Plate: 10 1/4 ? 7 11/16 in. (26 ? cm) Sheet: 13 7/8 ? 7 7/8 in. ( ? 20 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1963 ()
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