Frontispiece for "L'Eneide de Virgile"
Frontispiece for "L'Eneide de Virgile"

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Frontispiece for "L'Eneide de Virgile"

François Chauveau, French, 1613–1676
x1937-129

Information

Title
Frontispiece for "L'Eneide de Virgile"
Maker
François Chauveau
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet trimmed inside plate: 16 × 11 cm (6 5/16 × 4 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Junius S. Morgan, Class of 1888
Object Number
x1937-129
Inscription
Inscribed in plate center: L'ENEIDE / DE / VIRGILE / re / Prem. Partie / F.C. 1662 In. fe.
Culture
European, French
Type
engravings, prints
Subject
fires, figures (representations), frontispieces (facade components), cities, ruins

Junius S. Morgan (1867–1932); bequeathed to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1932

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