The Metropolitan Museum of Art · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Aeneas Erects a Tomb to his Nurse, Caieta, and Flees the Country of Circe (Aeneid, Book VII)
Master of the Aeneid
- Date
- probably ca. 1530–35
- Medium
- Painted enamel on copper, partly gilt
- Dimensions
- 7 3/4 x 8 1/2 in. (19.7 x 21.6 cm)
- Object type
- Plaque
- Classification
- Enamels
- Culture
- French, Limoges
- Object number
- 88.3.85
- Credit line
- Gift of Coudert Brothers, 1888
- Gallery
- 544
Artist information
active ca. 1530–40
Subjects and terms
- Aeneid
- Lions
- Men
- Women
- Boars
- Boats
The Met object ID 187154. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.