Aeneas and Mercury (from "The Works of Virgil: Containing his Pastorals, Georgics and Aeneis," 1697)
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar|Franz Cleyn|Virgil
Artist bio: Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London|German, Rostock 1582–1658 London|Roman, Andes 70 BCE–19 BCE Brundisium
Artist role: Etcher|Artist|Author
Artist nationality: Bohemian|German|Italian
Date: 1654
Medium: Etching and engraving; fifth state of five, the plate reduced, as published in 1697 or 1698
Dimensions: Plate: 10 1/4 × 7 11/16 in. (26 × 19.5 cm)
Sheet: 13 7/8 × 7 7/8 in. (35.2 × 20 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1963
Accession year: 1963
Tags: Ruins|Aeneas|Mercury|Coat of Arms|Ladders