Eimmart: Aeneas leaves offerings for his nurse Caieta

    Aeneas leaves offerings for his dead nurse Caieta.

    Aeneas lässt Totenopfer für seine Amme Caieta darbringen. (Suerbaum)

    Engraving from a German children’s picture-book version of the Aeneid by G. J. Lang and G. C. Eimmart, “A tapestry of Roman virtues as seen in Vergil’s Aeneas and his brave deeds, rendered in sparkling engravings, as illustrations of the remarkable deeds of antiquity, for the common benefit of noble youth,” (Peplus virtutum Romanarum in Aenea Virgiliano eiusque rebus fortiter gestis, ad maiorem antiquitatis et rerum lucem, communi iuventutis sacratae bono, aere renitens) (Nuremburg: J.L. Buggel, 1688), pl. 28.

    Comments

    Book VII begins with a short epithet on the death of Aeneas’ nurse Caieta. In the engraving, a sheep has just been slaughtered, offerings are being burnt, and tributes have been set up. The ships in the background show that Aeneas and his men have just landed. (Lucy McInerney)

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    License
    Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
    Date
    1688
    Culture
    Dimensions
    21.86x16.92cm
    Inscription
    Lib. VII. Aen: v. 5 At pius exsequiis Aeneas rite solutis/ Aggere composito tumulit, etc./ usque 7.
    Location
    Bavarian State Library, Munich
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