Aenee lieb gegen seinem Vatterland · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Aenee lieb gegen seinem Vatterland
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Ancient Greece; Troy; Asia Minor; Delos
Description: This engraving illustrates the Trojan warrior, Aeneas, escaping the fall of Troy with his father Anchises on his shoulders. The city of Troy is in the background of the engraving engulfed in flames as it burns to the ground. There are people depicted in the distance by the entrance of the city who follow Aeneas. Aeneas and his small company of people get in the ship that is illustrated on the water on the left side of the engraving which leads them to the island of Delos.
Image Creator: Virgil Solis (Engraver)
Type: Text; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:23254
Language: ger
Source Name: P. Ouidij Nasonis, deß Sinnreichen und hochverstendigen Poeten, Metamorphoses oder Verwandlung, mit schönen figuren gezieret, auch kurzen Argumenten und außlegungen erkläret, und in Teutsche Reymen gebracht, durch Johann Spreng von Augspurg [Publius Ovidius Naso, the Ingenious and Highly Understandable Poet, Metamorphoses or Transformations, Adorned with Beautiful Images, and also descriptions of Short Arguments and Explanations, Brought into German Rhymes by Johann Spreng of Augsburg]
Parent Collection: 1564 Frankfurt Spreng
Image: mta_23254_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Subject: Greek Mythology; Fall of Troy; Aeneas; Anchises; Trojan War