Iconography

LITERATURE

Ancient / Vergil / Aeneid / Book III: Aeneas recounts his journeys: Thrace, Delos, Crete, the island of the Harpies, Buthrotum, Italy / vv. 27-46: When Aeneas pulls out tree shoots, blood comes out of the earth and the voice of Polydorus laments his murder by the Thracians

Further details

Apparently companion piece to Venus provises Ambrosia to heal the wound of Aeneas (Book XII)

Artist or creator

Janssens, Victor Honoré (1658-1736)

Date

17th century (late) - 18th century (first half)

Location

New York, Sotheby's (Auction)

Auction

Sotheby's [29/05/2003]

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Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Kress foundation

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