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Twee duiven wijzen Aeneas de weg naar de gouden tak
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5233053
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Twee duiven wijzen Aeneas de weg naar de gouden tak
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25,6 x 19,0
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Etching by Wenzel Hollar (1607-1677) after Francis Cleyn (ca.1582-1658) depicting the two pigeons that show Aeneas the way to the Golden branch. Top left the goddess Venus on whose behalf the pigeons were sent. Numbered top right 320. Signed bottom center in print. Possibly 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 door Wenzel Hollar (1607-1677) naar Francis Cleyn (ca. 1582-1658) met voorstelling van de twee duiven die Aeneas de weg wijzen naar de Gouden tak. Linksboven de godin Venus in wiens opdracht de duiven zijn gestuurd. Genummerd rechtsboven 320. Gesigneerd midden onderaan in druk.
Mogelijk 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."