The last fight of Aeneas and Turnus published 1662

RCIN 802060

Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-77)

Description

In right foreground Venus pulls the spear of Aeneas from tree stump in which it was held fast, while Metiscus on left restores his sword to Turnus. Background: troops standing. Jupiter and Juno seated sky. Plate to Works of Virgilius. 1st state
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Creator(s)

Search the collection Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-77)
(etcher)

After
Search the collection Francis Cleyn (1582-1658)
(designer)

Search the collection Ogilby, John: London
(publisher)
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Category
General Subject Prints
Object type(s)
visual works
prints
Subject(s)
Religion & Theology
Religions and faiths
Religions of antiquity
Classical mythology
Aeneas
Venus (mythology)
Jupiter (myth)
Juno (myth)

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