23.10.13

Aeneas founder of Rome

Augustus, Roman Emperor, through the pen of Virgil, puts the Trojan Aeneas to wander along the Mediterranean until he becomes the founder of Rome.

Augusto, Imperador Romano, pela pena de Virgílio, coloca o Troiano Eneias a peregrinar pelo Mediterrâneo até se tornar fundador de Roma.

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770)-'Aeneas introducing Cupid dressed as Ascanius to Dido'-fresco-1757    Vicenza-Villa Valmarana

Pietro Berretini, called da Cortona (1596-1669)-'Venus as huntress appears to Aeneas'-oil on canvas-1635    Paris- Musée du Louvre

Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568-1625)-'Aeneas and the Sibyl in Hades'-oil on copper-1600    Budapest-Museum of Fine Arts

Claude Lorrain (1600-1682)-'Aeneas's farewell to Dido in Cartago'-oil on canvas-1676    Hamburg-Kunsthalle

Anonymous (1th century AD)-'Aeneas wounded treated by Lapigius in the presence of Venus and his son Ascanius'-fresco    Napoli-Museo Archeologico Nazionale (from Pompeii- house of  Siricus)

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