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De Trojanen zeten voet aan wal
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5232979
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De Trojanen zeten voet aan wal
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25,8 x 19,3
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Etching depicting the Trojans led by Aeneas setting foot ashore. In the background the ships between the rocks. For this, people are busy roasting just-shot deer. In the foreground Aeneas instructing his men. Maker unknown. Supposedly published in London by Jacob Tonson in 1697 in "The Works of Virgil: Containing his Pastorals, Georgics, and Aeneid. Translated into English Verse; by Mr. Dryden. Adorn'd with a Hundred Sculptures."
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Ets met voorstelling van de Trojanen onder leiding van Aeneas die voet aan wal zetten. Op de achtergrond de schepen tussen de rotsen. Daarvoor zijn mensen bezig net geschoten herten te roosteren. Op de voorgrond Aeneas die zijn mannen instrueert. Maker onbekend.
Vermoedelijk uitgegeven te Londen door Jacob Tonson in 1697 in: "The Works of Virgil: Containing his Pastorals, Georgics, and Aeneis. Translated into English Verse; by Mr. Dryden. Adorn'd with a Hundred Sculptures."