Eneas manifiesta su piedad por los sacrificios que ofrece a los Dioses · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Eneas manifiesta su piedad por los sacrificios que ofrece a los Dioses
Period: 1800-1850;
Geographic: Ancient Greece; Italy; Ancient Rome
Description: This image depicts the Trojan hero Aeneas standing in front of an altar as he performs a sacrifice to the god Jupiter. A statue of Jupiter is on the right side of the image. Jupiter is holding lightning bolts and there is an eagle beside him as these are two of his most common symbols. There is a heifer on the right side of the image adorned with flowers as it is being prepared to be offered as a sacrifice.
Image Creator: D. José Assensio (Engraver)
Type: Text; Engraving
Identifier: mta:25135
Language: spa
Source Name: Metamorfoseos o Transformaciones de Ovidio, Traducidos al Castellano con Algunas Notas Para su Inteligencia, Por Don Francisco Crivell [Metamorphoses or Transformations of Ovid, Translated into Castilian with Notes for your Intelligence, By Don Francisco Crivell]
Parent Collection: Metamorfoseos o Transformaciones de Ovidio Traducidos al Castellano. Engravings by D. Jose Assensio (1819)
Image: mta_25135_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Aeneas; Jupiter; Sacrifice; Mythology; Gods