Virgil's Tomb by Moonlight, with Silius Italicus Declaiming

1779

Public domain · CC0
Free to download and reuse. Image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Artist

Joseph Wright (Wright of Derby) · British, Derby 1734–1797 Derby

Date

1779

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

40 x 50 in. (101.6 x 127 cm)

Collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Credit

Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, Gifts of Mrs. William M. Haupt, Josephine Bay Paul, and Estate of George Quackenbush, in his memory, by exchange, The Morris and Alma Schapiro Fund Gift, and funds from various donors, 2013