Légende
Departure of Aeneas, print, album page, Anna, Dido's sister, begs Aeneas not to go. Two women hold a small chest. A soldier stands beside Aeneas. Behind them a classical building. In the background, the crew is preparing the ship for departure. This print is part of an album., printmaker: Quirin Boel, Southern Netherlands, after painting by Schiavone, Italy, publisher: David Teniers (II), Brussels, grantor of privilege: Spanish crown, 1660, Quirin Boel, Schiavone, David Teniers (II), Spanish crown, printmaker, after painting by, publisher, grantor of privilege, paper, etching, height 231 mm x width 167 mm, The print was produced after the painting by Schiavone which is in the collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna (inventory number: GG_5818). David Teniers probably produced an oil study on canvas or panel (so-called pasticcio) of all the paintings in the collection of Leopold William of Austria, which served as a model for the printmakers. It is not always clear whether the pasticci were made by him or by his studio. Not all pasticci have survived., Anna before Aeneas, entreating him not to leave, An engraved scene showing a shoreline with a large ship moored at the left, its mast and ornamental prow visible, and small figures on and near the vessel; several people stand or walk along the water’s edge, some carrying objects and others grouped together; in the foreground a group of draped figures cluster beside architectural elements including a tall column and an arched doorway, two of the standing figures wear plumed helmets and short cloaks while one kneeling woman holds an infant; a sculpted statue stands in a niche by the arch and a carved mask decorates the architectural base; the sky and water are rendered with fine horizontal lines and the ground shows textured hatching.
Crédit
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Notre référence
LZT26B27_382
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
49.6Mo (6.9Mo) / 41.1cm x 30.2cm / 4859 x 3570 (300dpi)