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Virgil

Also known as: Virgil; primary name: Virgil; other name: Publius Vergilius Maro; other name: Vergilius; other name: Vergil
Details: individual; author/poet; Roman; Male
Life dates: 70BC-19BC
Biography: Latin poet; author of 'The Eclogues', 'The Georgics' and the 'Aeneid'. Name spelled in Latin Vergilius, but always Anglicised as Virgil.
Bibliography: Giuliano Mambelli, 'Gli annali delle edizioni virgiliane', Florence 1954 (bibliography of printed editions) Werner Suerbaum, 'Handbuch der illustrierten Vergil-Ausgaben 1502-1840', Hildesheim 2008 (bibliography with repros of the illustrations on two DVDs)

688 related objects

album; drawing

Museum number: 1889,0527.85 |
Producer name: Circle/School of:Maso FiniguerraCircle/School of:Baccio Baldini |
Production date: 1470-1475

book; print; title-page

Museum number: 1904,0206.156 |
Producer name: BIOG31810 School of/style of:Hans Holbein the Younger |
Production date: 1533 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

book; print; illustrated book

Museum number: 1863,1114.433-486 |
Producer name: Published by:J McGowanPrint made by:William Blake |
Production date: 1821 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

book of prints; print

Museum number: 1853,1210.803-818 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1800-1850

bowl

Museum number: 1855,1201.97 |
Producer name: Painted by:In Castel Durante painterAfter:Marcantonio |
Production date: 1526 |
Production place: Made in:Castel Durante

coin

Museum number: 2001,0309.14 |
Producer name: BIOG106232 Designed by:Laura Cretara |
Authority: BIOG110106 Issuer:Government of Italy |
Production date: 1981 |
Production place: Minted in:Rome (city)

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1957,1214.189 |
Producer name: BIOG22979 Drawn by:Claude Lorrain |
Production date: 1673

drawing

Museum number: 1969,0614.41 |
Producer name: BIOG29656 Drawn by:Gravelot |
Production date: 1739

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1957,1214.192 |
Producer name: BIOG22979 Drawn by:Claude Lorrain |
Production date: 1676

drawing

Museum number: 1969,0614.40 |
Producer name: BIOG29656 Drawn by:Gravelot |
Production date: 1739

drawing

Museum number: SL,5237.55 |
Producer name: BIOG41553 Drawn by:Luca Penni |
Production date: 1540

drawing

Museum number: 1898,0730.1 |
Producer name: BIOG48491 Drawn by:Frederick Thrupp |
Production date: 1840

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1991,1109.23 |
Producer name: BIOG41019 Drawn by:Samuel Palmer |
Production date: 1876

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1991,1109.29 |
Producer name: BIOG41019 Drawn by:Samuel Palmer |
Production date: 1880

drawing

Museum number: 1975,U.1452 |
Producer name: BIOG63250 Drawn by:George Cruikshank |
Production date: 1810-1878

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1991,1109.27 |
Producer name: BIOG41019 Drawn by:Samuel Palmer |
Production date: 1876

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1991,1109.25 |
Producer name: BIOG41019 Drawn by:Samuel Palmer |
Production date: 1876

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1991,1109.22 |
Producer name: BIOG41019 Drawn by:Samuel Palmer |
Production date: 1874

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1991,1109.24 |
Producer name: BIOG41019 Drawn by:Samuel Palmer |
Production date: 1876

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1991,1109.30 |
Producer name: BIOG41019 Drawn by:Samuel Palmer |
Production date: 1876

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1889,0724.87 |
Producer name: BIOG29656 Drawn by:Gravelot |
Production date: 1739

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1938,1112.15 |
Producer name: BIOG41019 Drawn by:Samuel Palmer |
Production date: 1876

drawing; print

Museum number: 1854,0513.360 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1727

drawing

Museum number: Oo,6.57 |
Producer name: BIOG22979 Drawn by:Claude Lorrain |
Production date: 1600-1682

drawing

Museum number: 1891,1031.320 |
Producer name: BIOG51460 Drawn by:Gustaf Witting |
Production date: 1788-1830

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1957,1214.77 |
Producer name: BIOG22979 Drawn by:Claude Lorrain |
Production date: 1635-1682

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1985,1109.18 |
Producer name: BIOG29088 Drawn by:Anne Louis Girodet-Trioson |
Production date: 1811-1824

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1957,1214.185 |
Producer name: BIOG22979 Drawn by:Claude Lorrain |
Production date: 1635-1682

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1957,1214.186 |
Producer name: BIOG22979 Drawn by:Claude Lorrain |
Production date: 1672

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1957,1214.191 |
Producer name: BIOG22979 Drawn by:Claude Lorrain |
Production date: 1635-1682

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1991,1109.26 |
Producer name: BIOG41019 Drawn by:Samuel Palmer |
Production date: 1876

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1991,1109.28 |
Producer name: BIOG41019 Drawn by:Samuel Palmer |
Production date: 1880

drawing; print

Museum number: 1975,U.1452 |
Producer name: Drawn by:George CruikshankPrint made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1810-1878

drawing

Museum number: 1874,1212.111 |
Producer name: BIOG19807 Drawn by:William Blake |
Production date: 1790-1795

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1879,1109.144-152 |
Producer name: Print made by:Antoine Claude François VillereyAfter:Giovanni Battista Casanova |
Production date: 1789 1800 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)Published in:Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 2006,U.3954 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry MeyerAfter:John Jackson |
Production date: 1818 1813 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1850,0309.24.1-178 |
Producer name: Print made by:Virgil SolisPrint made by:Jost Amman |
Production date: 1563 |
Production place: Published in:Frankfurt am Main

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1973,U.1181.1-133 |
Producer name: BIOG137093 Printed by:Jacques Sacon |
Production date: 1517 |
Production place: Published in:Lyon

intaglio

Museum number: 1887,0307,I.435 |
Producer name: BIOG81098 Factory of:Wedgwood & Bentley |
Production date: 1769-1780 |
Production place: Factory in:Etruria (England)

intaglio

Museum number: 1887,0307,I.529 |
Producer name: BIOG81101 Factory of:Wedgwood |
Production place: Factory in:Etruria (England)

medal; restrike

Museum number: 1986,0310.360 |
Producer name: Designed by:Auguste PateyDie Engraved or Modelled for Reducing Machine:Auguste Patey |
Authority: BIOG229889 Issuer:Club français de la médaille |
Production date: 1881 1971 |
Production place: Made in:Paris (France)

medal

Museum number: 1898,0102.14 |
Producer name: BIOG173354 Die Engraved or Modelled for Reducing Machine:Edouard Gatteaux |
Authority: BIOG25019 Issuer:Baron Dominique Vivant Denon |
Production date: 1797 |
Production place: Made in:France

medal

Museum number: M.3897 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: 1977,0106.5 |
Producer name: BIOG173354 Die Engraved or Modelled for Reducing Machine:Edouard Gatteaux |
Authority: BIOG25019 Issuer:Baron Dominique Vivant Denon |
Production date: 1797 |
Production place: Made in:France

plaque

Museum number: WB.20 |
Producer name: BIOG228341 Made by:Master of the Aeneid Series |
Production date: 1530 |
Production place: Made in:Limoges

plaque

Museum number: 1856,0516.1 |
Producer name: BIOG77324 Attributed to:Pierre Reymond |
Production date: 1540 |
Production place: Made in:Limoges

plaque

Museum number: 1913,1220.68 |
Producer name: BIOG82096 Attributed to:Susanne de Court |
Production date: 1585 |
Production place: Made in:Limoges

plaque

Museum number: 1906,1210.1 |
Producer name: BIOG64894 Painted by:Francesco Xanto Avelli |
Production date: 1529-1536 |
Production place: Made in:Urbino

plaque

Museum number: 1909,1201.187 |
Producer name: Factory of:WedgwoodModelled by:John Flaxman |
Production date: 1778-1779 |
Production place: Factory in:Etruria (England)

plaque

Museum number: WB.21 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Jean Pénicaud IIAfter:Marcantonio |
Production date: 1540-1550 1893 |
Production place: Made in:Limoges

plaquette

Museum number: 1888,0208.6 |
Production date: 1500 |
Production place: Made in:Padua

plate

Museum number: 1855,1201.45 |
Producer name: Painted by:Francesco Xanto AvelliAfter:Raphael |
Production date: 1531 |
Production place: Made in:Urbino

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 2006,U.352 |
Producer name: BIOG31869 Print made by:Wenceslaus Hollar |
Production date: 1658-1663

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1888,0612.102 |
Producer name: BIOG31869 Print made by:Wenceslaus Hollar |
Production date: 1658-1663

print; title-page

Museum number: 1895,1031.659 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 17th century

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1912,0612.440 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Harcourt HooperAfter:Charles March Gere |
Production date: 1909

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1860,0811.195 |
Producer name: BIOG23032 Print made by:Luke Clennell |
Production date: 1791-1805

print

Museum number: 1850,0223.87 |
Producer name: BIOG41533 Print made by:Georg Pencz |
Production date: 1541-1542

print; book-illustration

Museum number: Q,4.185 |
Producer name: Print made by:Wenceslaus HollarAfter:Francis Cleyn |
Production date: 1654

print; book of prints

Title: Iconicae Figurae quae in Vetustissimo Codice Virgiliano Bibliothecae Vaticanae |
Museum number: 1972,U.225.1-55 |
Producer name: BIOG18583 Print made by:Pietro Santi Bartoli |
Production date: 1677 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: Q,4.186 |
Producer name: Print made by:Wenceslaus HollarAfter:Francis Cleyn |
Production date: 1654

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 2006,U.348 |
Producer name: BIOG31869 Print made by:Wenceslaus Hollar |
Production date: 1658-1663

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1867,0713.199 |
Producer name: After:George ScharfPrint made by:Samuel Williams |
Production date: 1849 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; frontispiece

Title: Johannes Ogilvius |
Museum number: 1978,U.273 |
Producer name: BIOG37366 Print made by:William Marshall |
Production date: 1649 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Virgil |
Museum number: 1901,1022.1560 |
Producer name: BIOG194894 Printed by:John Knapton |
Production date: 1755-1761 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1958,0712.253 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pierre LombartPrint made by:Wenceslaus Hollar |
Production date: 1654 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1867,0713.351 |
Producer name: After:George ScharfPrint made by:Samuel Williams |
Production date: 1849 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: View of Scola di Virgilio near the Point of Posili Views in and near Naples |
Museum number: 1865,0610.959 |
Producer name: Print made by:Archibald RobertsonAfter:Pietro Fabris |
Production date: 1777-1782 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration; title-page

Museum number: 1867,0713.634 |
Producer name: After:Henry CorbouldPrint made by:Edward Finden |
Production date: 1824 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: Q,4.164 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Louis RicherPrint made by:Wenceslaus Hollar |
Production date: 1654 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1968,1214.28 |
Producer name: Print made by:William BlakePrinted by:Harry Hoehn |
Production date: 1827 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; frontispiece

Museum number: 1896,1230.145 |
Producer name: BIOG49343 Print made by:Frederick Hendrik Van Hove |
Production date: 1687 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1875,0710.5932 |
Producer name: BIOG27321 Print made by:James Fittler |
Production date: 1758-1835 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1968,1214.25 |
Producer name: Print made by:William BlakePrinted by:Harry Hoehn |
Production date: 1827 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; title-page; frontispiece

Title: Lull'd in her lap, amidst a train of Loves She gen Virgils Aeneis [sic] translated by John Dryden |
Museum number: 1867,0713.631-632 |
Producer name: After:Thomas UwinsPrint made by:Charles Warren |
Production date: 1819 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1929,0713.277 |
Producer name: BIOG19807 Print made by:William Blake |
Production date: 1827 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Publius Virgilius Maro |
Museum number: 1867,1012.225 |
Producer name: Print made by:William BlakePublished by:Robert Thornton |
Production date: 1821 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1882,0909.95 |
Producer name: Printed by:W ClowesPublished by:Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington |
Production date: 1879 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Creusa Appearing to Aeneas |
Museum number: 1877,0609.1731 |
Producer name: Print made by:Valentine GreenAfter:Maria Cosway |
Production date: 1781 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Aeneas carrying his father from Troy |
Museum number: 1893,0516.114 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Charles BromleyAfter:Federico Barocci |
Production date: 1812 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1855,0414.467 |
Producer name: Print made by:William BlakePublished by:John Linnell |
Production date: 1827 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Eurydice Hurried back to the Infernal Regions |
Museum number: T,8.45.+ |
Producer name: Print made by:William WardAfter:Henry Thomson |
Production date: 1815 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1867,0309.1570 |
Producer name: BIOG27321 Print made by:James Fittler |
Production date: 1758-1835 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; title-page

Museum number: 1859,0709.802 |
Producer name: Print made by:Abraham RaimbachAfter:John Thurston |
Production date: 1806 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book

Museum number: 1969,0713.5.4 |
Producer name: Print made by:William BlakePublished by:Linnell |
Production date: 1827 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1968,1214.30 |
Producer name: Print made by:William BlakePrinted by:Harry Hoehn |
Production date: 1827 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Dido and Æneas |
Museum number: 1948,0410.159 |
Producer name: After:Joseph Mallord William TurnerPrint made by:William Richard Smith |
Production date: 1842 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book

Museum number: 1969,0713.5.3 |
Producer name: Print made by:William BlakePublished by:Linnell |
Production date: 1827 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; ticket

Museum number: C,2.507-515 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziPrint made by:John Barlow |
Production date: 1787-1805

print; book-illustration; book

Title: Publius Virgilius Maro |
Museum number: 1863,1114.260 |
Producer name: Print made by:William BlakePublished by:Robert Thornton |
Production date: 1821 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: S,6.59 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francesco BartolozziAfter:Giovanni Battista Cipriani |
Production date: 1786 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; illustrated book

Title: The Eclogues of Virgil |
Museum number: 1944,1014.222.1-14 |
Producer name: Print made by:Samuel PalmerPrint made by:Alfred Herbert Palmer |
Production date: 1883 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1856,0209.300 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacob MathamAfter:Raphael |
Production date: 1590-1600 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print; book-illustration; title-page

Museum number: 1895,1031.1006 |
Producer name: Print made by:Hans Holbein the YoungerBlock cut by:Jacob Faber |
Production date: 1523

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1871,0812.4464 |
Producer name: BIOG31869 Formerly attributed to:Wenceslaus Hollar |
Production date: 1654

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1858,0417.1518 |
Producer name: BIOG20356 Print made by:Abraham Bosse |
Production date: 1648

print; book-illustration

Museum number: Ee,2.37 |
Producer name: Print made by:Wenceslaus HollarAfter:Francis Cleyn |
Production date: 1654

print

Title: L'Enea Vagante pitture dei Caracci |
Museum number: 1865,1111.227 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giuseppe Maria MitelliAfter:Annibale Carracci |
Production date: 1663

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1928,0921.1.18 |
Producer name: BIOG36887 Print made by:Aristide Maillol |
Production date: 1926

print

Title: Ma nelle membra del trojan fanciullo sonno Venere Aeneid |
Museum number: 1949,1008.204 |
Producer name: BIOG42071 Print made by:Bartolommeo Pinelli |
Production date: 1811

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