Neptune Calming the Tempest That Aeolus Raised Against Aeneas's Fleet
c. 1515–16
- Medium
- engraving
- Dimensions
- 22.5 × 15.1 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-218780
This engraving depicts an episode in the epic Aeneid by the Roman poet Virgil (70–19 BC). Skimming the ocean waves in a seashell chariot, Neptune raises his trident as he confronts the cherub-faced winds sent by their master, Aeolus. Although some of the Trojan fleet is lost in the waves, Neptune calms the tempest in time to save Aeneas and a few of his ships as they escape the fallen city of Troy in search of a new home.
Provenance
Allen Fund, 1930.580
Registry history
- c. 1515–16 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — prints
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