Aeneas and Sibyl in the Underworld (Vienna)
Object type | Painting |
Genre | Classical Mythology |
Date | ca. 1601 |
Dimensions | 36 x 52 cm |
Support | Copper |
Medium | Oil |
Our attribution | Jan Brueghel the Elder |
Other authorities | Ertz 2008-10, #335 Ertz 1979, #67 |
Location | Vienna, Austria |
Collection | Kunsthistorisches Museum |
Accession numbers | inv. #817 |
Tags | Fire, Nude, Demons, Hell/Underworld, Classical, History, Mythological |
External resources | Kunsthistorisches Museum |
Motifs from this painting and from the version of the same subject in Budapest (Ertz 1979 #66) are combined in the following works with the same subject: Brussels, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten; private collection in Antwerp; picture formerly with Christie’s, London (sold 4.vii.97 #239). The quality of these works varies a great deal: the Brussels painting is very good (it is sometimes attributed to Jan the Younger) whereas the Antwerp painting seems very weak.