Aeneas at the Court of Latinus 1661 Ferdinand Bol 1616-1680 Dutch Netherlands ( Virgil’s Aeneid. Aeneas congratulates one of four ships’ captains who competed in a race. All four were rewarded on their return, even the captain who threw his helmsman overboard for disobeying an order. The painting was accompanied by a poem by Vondel, )
Bol’s painting, made for the Amsterdam Admiralty, shows a scene from Virgil’s Aeneid. Aeneas congratulates one of four ships’ captains who competed in a race. All four were rewarded on their return, even the captain who threw his helmsman overboard for disobeying an order. The painting was accompanied by a poem by Vondel, stressing the importance of firmness and generosity in good government.
Size: 3263px × 3969px
Photo credit: © Peter Horree / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: museum, accompanied, admiralty, aeneas, aeneid., amsterdam, art, artist, bol, bol’, captain, captains, catholic, christ, christian, church, civilization, competed, congratulates, court, cross, culture, disobeying, drawing, dutch, ferdinand, firmness, gallery, generosity, god, good, government., helmsman, historic, history, holy, illustration, importance, jesus, latinus, mary, museum, order., overboard, painter, painting, paintings, picture, poem, portrayal, race., religion, return, rewarded, scene, ships’, shows, stressing, threw, virgil’, virgin, vondel
