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Aeneas Flees the Island of the Cyclops
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Aeneas Flees the Island of the Cyclops

Crispijn van de Passe (I) · 1612 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Aeneas and his comrades flee the island of the Cyclops, where the giant Polyphemus kept sheep as food. In the background, the burning city of Troy. In the margin a four-line inscription, in two columns, in Latin.

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Credit lineAeneas ontvlucht het eiland van de Cyclopen. 1612. Crispijn van de Passe (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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