Aeneas looking for the road to hell
Etienne Delaune French
Not on view
Engraving, part of a set of 12 small, oval prints of varied subjects, representing scenes of Ancient Roman history or mythology, created by Étienne Delaune before 1573. This print depicts a landscape of ruins, with a soldier on top of a rock, in the center, surrounded by savage beasts, including lions and snakes. On the right, behind the ruins, two other soldiers stand. It has been suggested that the subject of this print is Aeneas looking for the road to hell, although the monsters associated with the scene are usually mythical creatures (centaurs, giants and chimeras), rather than animals.
