Print made by Abraham Blooteling, 1640–1690, Dutch, Aeneas Entering Hades, between 1675 and 1680
- Title:
Aeneas Entering Hades
- Additional Title(s):
Aeneas' Descent to the Underworld
- Date:
- between 1675 and 1680
- Medium:
- Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 9 15/16 × 7 5/16 inches (25.3 × 18.5 cm), Image: 9 x 7 1/16 inches (22.8 x 18 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower left, "GL (in monogram) | Gerard Laviesse"; lower center: "Aeneas entering Hades | 420 | by A. Blooteling? (undescribed)"; lower right: "Proof"
Lettered within image, lower left: "G jn."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.833
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- Aeneas, guided by the Sibyl, enters the underworld through the cave of Avernus | armor | branch | costume | Hades, the Underworld | helmet | men | mythology | nude | portrait | religious and mythological subject | stairs | talking | toga | walking
- Associated People:
- Aeneas
Cumaean Sibyl - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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