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the stars begin to shine through
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The meticulous rendering of textures—from the weathered pages to the smooth bone—underscores the painting’s moral message on the fragility of life
Executed in the artist’s distinctive style of magical realism
Aeneas and The Sibyl | Unknown Master | 1800 17th Century the stars begin to shineThis early 19th century painting by an unknown master depicts the story from the Aeneid, by the Roman poet Virgil. The Trojan military leader Aeneas wants to visit the Underworld in order to consult the ghost of his father. He meets the Cumaean Sibyl (a priestess at Cumae, a Greek colony near Naples, Italy). She agrees to guide him through the kingdom of the dead. The deep lake, surrounded by dark woods, was believed to lead to the Underworld. Print:
