Follower of Charles Lebrun

The Wrath of Neptune

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Follower of Charles Lebrun
The Wrath of Neptune
oil on canvas, unframed
21.3/8 x 25.3/8 in. (54.3 x 64.5 cm.)

Lot Essay

The subject is taken from the Aeneid (1:125-143) in which Virgil relates how Neptune calmed a storm which had been created by Juno with the intention of destroying Aeneas's Trojan fleet returning from the sack of Troy.

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