Aeneas in the Elysian Fields

Artist Sebastiano Conca , and workshop (Italian, 1680 – 1764)

Datec. 1735-1740

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions48 5/8 x 68 1/2 in. (123.5 x 174 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936

Object numberSN168

Sebastiano Conca was active mainly in Rome, and his colorful, highly decorative Rococo style (imported from France) was especially favored by British Grand Tourists visiting Italy. This work is a later version of a composition Conca first painted for Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester. In this scene from Virgil’s Aeneid, the hero Aeneas (helmeted figure at center) surveys the Elysian Fields, the resting place of heroic and virtuous souls. The poet Virgil is seen at far left, playing a lyre, while other figures allude to the glory of Rome.

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