Virgil's Tomb by Moonlight, with Silius Italicus Declaiming

Joseph Wright (Wright of Derby)

Date

1779

Type

Painting

Medium

Oil on canvas

Department

European Paintings

Institution

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Object number

2013.155

Credit

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