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Neptune Calming the Tempest That Aeolus Raised Against Aeneas's Fleet
Marcantonio Raimondic. 1515–16
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
This engraving depicts an episode in the epic Aeneid by the Roman poet Virgil (70–19 BC). Skimming the ocean waves in a seashell chariot, Neptune raises his trident as he confronts the cherub-faced winds sent by their master, Aeolus. Although some of the Trojan fleet is lost in the waves, Neptune calms the tempest in time to save Aeneas and a few of his ships as they escape the fallen city of Troy in search of a new home.
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- Title: Neptune Calming the Tempest That Aeolus Raised Against Aeneas's Fleet
- Creator: Marcantonio Raimondi (Italian, 1470/82-1527/34), Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520)
- Date Created: c. 1515–16
- Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 22.5 x 15.1 cm (8 7/8 x 5 15/16 in.)
- Provenance: (M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York, NY), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Print
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1930.580
- Medium: engraving
- Inscriptions: verso, lower left, in graphite: [MK?] 30941, lower center, in graphite: [illegible word] / Marcantonio Raimondi / N° 352 [followed by three partially erased, illegible words]
- Department: Prints
- Culture: Italy, 16th century
- Credit Line: Dudley P. Allen Fund
- Collection: PR - Engraving
- Accession Number: 1930.580
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