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Aeneas and the Sibyl of Cumae
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Aeneas and the Sibyl of Cumae

Gerard de Lairesse · 1670 · etching; paper

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

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Aeneas visits the Sibyl of Cumae to ask her to let him see his father's face once more. Aeneas shows the Sibyl the golden branch he was ordered to find by her so that he could descend into the underworld. In the background lies the dog Cerberus next to a river god.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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print'Cerbero' (Ripa)
Credit lineAeneas en de Sibille van Cumae. 1670. Gerard de Lairesse. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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