Virgil's Tomb by Moonlight, with Silius Italicus Declaiming, Joseph Wright, 1779

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Virgil's Tomb by Moonlight, with Silius Italicus Declaiming, 1779, Oil on canvas, 40 x 50 in. ( x 127 cm), Paintings, Joseph Wright (Wright of Derby) (British, Derby 1734–1797 Derby), Wright depicts a site that had long been a popular destination for visitors to Naples. Indeed he could reasonably expect that Londoners who viewed this painting at the Royal Academy in 1779 would recognize the tomb of Virgil (70–19 B

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Size: 4960px × 3959px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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