Eimmart: March of the Latin army

    March of the army of the Latins.

    Aufmarsch des Heeres der Latiner. (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. 34.

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    Date
    1688
    Culture
    Dimensions
    21.86x16.92cm
    Inscription
    Lib. VII. Aen. v. 648. Primus init bellum Tyrrhenis asper ab oris/ Conctemptor divum Mezentius, agminaque armat./ usque 658.
    Location
    Bavarian State Library, Munich
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