Statue of Virgil, Prince of Heroic Latin Poetry, Rossi, Maffei, Aquila 1704

  
British Parliament 1925 Vintage Lithograph. Statue of Virgil, Prince of Heroic Latin Poetry. Statua di Virgilio, Principe dell eroica Latina Poesia.

Publius Vergilius Maro, usually called Virgil or Vergil in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He composed three of the most famous poems in Latin literature: the Eclogues, the Georgics, and the epic Aeneid.

This original period, folio-sized, copperplate engraving of an antique statue is from Domenico de Rossi's work Raccolta de Statue Antiche e Moderne Data in Luce sotto I Gloriose Auspici della Santita di N. Printed on laid paper by Gaetano Zenobi fl. Francesco Faraone Aquila Italian, c. Size : Approximately 14" X 20" VERY OVERSIZED.

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