Aeneas in the Underworld

1780/1820

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink with gray and gray-brown wash over graphite, with brown ink border line by the artist, on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 35.5 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)
    image: 31.2 x 40.7 cm (12 5/16 x 16 in.)

  • Accession

    2009.70.188

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2012

  • The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2012, 100-101, no. 39 (entry by Stacey Sell).

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower left in graphite: B. Pinelli; by later hand, lower center in graphite: B. Pinelli; by later hand, upper left verso in graphite: 15

Watermarks

Strasburg Bend & Lily (Churchill 429)

Wikidata ID

Q64629639

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