Aeneas and Mercury (from "The Works of Virgil: Containing his Pastorals, Georgics and Aeneis," 1697)

Etcher Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
 After Franz Cleyn German
 Related author Virgil Italian

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1 of 30 illustrations etched by Hollar for an edition of The Aeneid.
In a square in Carthage, Mercury approaching Aeneas from the air, warning him to leave the city; Ascanius and a middle-aged man standing by at right; stone mason working at centre foreground, workmen shovelling stones and carrying stone blocks at left, others working on buildings in background; statue of Diana in a niche at right; coat of arms below image at centre.

Aeneas and Mercury (from "The Works of Virgil: Containing his Pastorals, Georgics and Aeneis," 1697), Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London), Etching and engraving; fifth state of five, the plate reduced, as published in 1697 or 1698

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