Virgil's Tomb, for "Villas of the Ancients",published by Robert Castell, 1728?
Virgil's Tomb, for "Villas of the Ancients",published by Robert Castell, 1728?

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Virgil's Tomb, for "Villas of the Ancients",published by Robert Castell, 1728?

Pierre Fourdrinier, French, 1698–1758
x1937-139 bis

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Title
Virgil's Tomb, for "Villas of the Ancients",published by Robert Castell, 1728?
Maker
Pierre Fourdrinier
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
sheet trimmed inside plate: 13.5 x 7.8 cm. (5 5/16 x 3 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Junius S. Morgan, Class of 1888
Object Number
x1937-139 bis
Inscription
top: QVI CINERES TVMVLI...and Vergilii PoetaSepulchrum; bottom: Ante Neapolim in adita...P. Fourdriner Scul: Vol. I Life p. 53
Culture
European
Type
prints

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

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