Title

'Mercury Sent to Admonish Aeneas', 1850. Artist: JMW Turner

Caption

'Mercury Sent to Admonish Aeneas', 1850. The first of a series of four paintings by Turner depicting Virgil's story of Aeneas and Dido. From the Tate Gallery, London.

Date

1850

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B88_241

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (2,4Mb) / 16,4in x 11,9in / 4910 x 3557 (300dpi)

Keywords

England people religious arts painting country religion art British English color colour royal deity God location Victorian century Britain royalty cupid legend mythology Mercury romanticism goddess prince 19th century legendary Greek mythology allegorical figure nineteenth century Art Media Aeneas oil JMW Turner J M W Turner Turner Joseph Mallord William oil