print
- Museum number
- 1875,0814.1359
- Title
- Object: Venus shows Aeneas the Road to Carthage
- Description
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Venus, standing in the centre with a bow on her back, points two soldiers at left in the direction of a fortress at right, across a river with swans; after Kauffman; published state, trimmed to image, a damaged area on the left of the lower edge filled in with graphite. 1791
Stipple and etching
- Production date
- 1791
- Dimensions
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Height: 313 millimetres (trimmed)
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Width: 240 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- Title and date from another impression, 1917,1208.1168. For proof, see 1874,0711.781.
The print is a pair with 'Penelope taking down the bow of Ulysses', see 1872,1012.1620.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1875
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1875,0814.1359