French School, circa 1796
French School, circa 1796

Virgil reading the sixth book of the Aeneid to Augustus and Octavia

細節
French School, circa 1796
Virgil reading the sixth book of the Aeneid to Augustus and Octavia
oil on paper laid down on canvas
8 1/8 x 10in. (20.6 x 25.4cm.)

拍品專文

The scene depicted is when Octavia fainted during Virgil's recital of his panegyric to Marcellus, Octavia's son, who had died in his prime. Alexandre Menjaud (1773-1832), a pupil of Regnault and winner of the Prix de Rome in 1802, exhibited a work depicting this unusual subject in the Salon of 1796.