Neptune Calming the Tempest That Aeolus Raised Against Aeneas's Fleet

Marcantonio Raimondi (Italian, 1470/82–1527/34)

c. 1515–16

Cleveland, United States

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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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engraving