Neptune Calming the Tempest That Aeolus Raised Against Aeneas's Fleet
Marcantonio Raimondi
1510–1521
- Medium
- engraving
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 22.5 x 15.1 cm (8 7/8 x 5 15/16 in.)
- Genre
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Italy, 16th century
About
This engraving depicts an episode in the epic Aeneid by the Roman poet Virgil (70–19 BC). Skimming the ocean waves in a seashell chariot, Neptune raises his trident as he confronts the cherub-faced winds sent by their master, Aeolus. Although some of the Trojan fleet is lost in the waves, Neptune calms the tempest in time to save Aeneas and a few of his ships as they escape the fallen city of Troy in search of a new home.
