AT-00016183
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Virgil's Tomb by Moonlight, with Silius Italicus Declaiming
Quick Overview
- 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)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Paintings
- Department
- European Paintings
- Credit line
- 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
- Accession no.
- 2013.155
Provenance
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