File:Master of the Aeneid Legend - Aeneas Offers Sacrifice to the Gods of the Lower World - Walters 44.57.jpg
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[edit]Master of the Aeneid: Aeneas Offers Sacrifice to the Gods of the Lower World ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q18587838 |
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Title |
Aeneas Offers Sacrifice to the Gods of the Lower World |
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Description |
English: This plaque is part of a series whose designs were based upon the woodcut illustrations of an edition of Virgil, "Opera," edited by Sebastian Brant and printed by Johann Grüninger in Strasbourg, September 9, 1502 (65th illustration, fol. 262). The same cuts appeared in an edition issued at Lyons in 1517 by Sacon. The plaque depicts a scene from the "Aeneid," (IV, vv. 236-254). To comprehend the successive moments of the scene, which are confused and sometimes misunderstood in the representation, it is indispensable to refer to the text of Vergil. On the left is seen Avernus, entrance to the lower world, near Cumae, in Campania. "A deep cave there was, yawning wide and vast, shingly, and sheltered by dark lake and woodland gloom, over which no flying creatures could safely wing their way; such a vapor from those black jaws poured into the over-arching heaven [whence the Greeks spoke of Avernus the "birdless place"]. Here first the priestess [the Sibyl] set in line four dark-backed heifers...plucking the topmost bristles from between the horns, [she] lays them on the sacred fire for first offering, calling aloud on Hecate...others set knives to the throat and catch the warm blood in bowls. Aeneas himself slays with the sword a black-fleeced lamb to [Night and Terra]. Then, for the Stygian King [Pluto] he inaugurates an altar by night..." |
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Date |
between circa 1530 and circa 1540 date QS:P571,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1530-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1540-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 (Renaissanceera QS:P2348,Q4692 ) |
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Medium | painted enamel and gold on silvered copper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 22.6 cm (8.8 in); width: 20.3 cm (7.9 in) dimensions QS:P2048,22.6U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,20.3U174728 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q210081 |
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Accession number |
44.57 |
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Place of creation | Limoges, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Object history |
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Credit line | Acquired by Henry Walters, 1910 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source | Walters Art Museum: Home page Info about artwork | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Other versions | https://art.thewalters.org/detail/14179/aeneas-offers-sacrifice-to-the-gods-of-the-lower-world/ |
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Author | Walters Art Museum (Baltimore/Maryland/USA) |
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Orientation | Normal |
Horizontal resolution | 72 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 72 dpi |
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File change date and time | 15:45, 25 August 2019 |
Y and C positioning | Centered |
DateTime subseconds | 470 |
Type of media | Image |
Identifier | R.2012.4090 |
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