Aeneas and Mercury (from "The Works of Virgil: Containing his Pastorals, Georgics and Aeneis," 1697)

Wenceslaus Hollar|Franz Cleyn|Virgil

1654 · Etching and engraving; fifth state of five, the plate reduced, as published in 1697 or 1698 · Drawings and Prints

1 of 30 illustrations etched by Hollar for an edition of The Aeneid. In 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 centre.

Artist

Wenceslaus Hollar|Franz Cleyn|Virgil

Date

1654

Medium

Etching and engraving; fifth state of five, the plate reduced, as published in 1697 or 1698

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1963