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Virgil's Tomb by Moonlight, with Silius Italicus Declaiming by Joseph Wright — VisualArtsDB

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Virgil's Tomb by Moonlight, with Silius Italicus Declaiming

Virgil's Tomb by Moonlight, with Silius Italicus Declaiming

Virgil's Tomb by Moonlight, with Silius Italicus Declaiming

1779

Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 40 x 50 in. (101.6 x 127 cm)
Genre: Paintings
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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