Virgil’s Aeneid

Virgil

70-19 BCE

Virgil Reading the Aeneid to Augustus and OctaviaAngelica Kauffmann, 1788

The Aeneid

30-19 BCE

Juno Ordering Aeolus to Release the WindsFrançois Boucher, 1769

Aeneas and Achates on the Libyan CoastDosso Dossi, c. 1515

Venus Appearing to Aeneas as a HuntressPietro da Cortona, 1631

Dido Building Carthage, or The Rise of the Carthaginian EmpireJ. M. W. Turner, 1815

The Meeting of Dido and AeneasSir Nathaniel Dance-Holland, 1766

Aeneas Introducing Cupid Disguised as Ascanius to DidoGiovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1757

Aeneas Tells Dido the Misfortunes of TroyPierre-Narcisse Guérin, 1815

Aeneas and his Father Fleeing TroySimon Vouet, c. 1635

Aeneas’s Flight from TroyFederico Barocci, 1598

Dido and AeneasJean Raoux, 18th c.

Dido and AeneasTheodoor van Thulden, 17th c.

Landscape with Dido and AeneasThomas Jones, 1769

Landscape with Union of Dido and AeneasGaspard Dughet and Carlo Maratta, c. 1668

Aeneas and Dido in the CavePierre Lacour, 1774

Aeneas’s Farewell to Dido in CarthageClaude Lorrain, 1676

The Death of DidoJoseph Stallaert, 1872

Aeneas and the Sibyl in the UnderworldJan Brueghel the Younger, c. 1630s

Aeneas and Anchises in HadesAlexander Ubeleski, 17th c.

Aeneas at the Court of LatinusFerdinand Bol, 1663

Latinus Offers Aeneas His Daughter Lavinia in MarriageFrancesco de Mura, 18th c.

Venus at Vulcan’s ForgeBartholomäus Spranger, c. 1610

Vulcan Presenting Arms to Venus for AeneasFrançois Boucher, 1756

Venus Presenting Arms to AeneasNicolas Poussin, 1639

Aeneas Conquering TurnusLuca Giordano, 17th c.