The fresco "Wounded Aeneas" is a Roman work of art from the 1st century AD, found in the House of Siricus in Pompeii and currently held at the National Archaeological Museum of Naples. The work depicts a scene from Book XII of Virgil’s Aeneid: Aeneas, wounded in the thigh during the battle against the Rutulians, is treated by the physician Iapyx. In the fresco, Aeneas stands while Iapyx, kneeling, extracts the arrow from his leg. On the left, the goddess Venus, Aeneas’s mother, watches the scene anxiously, while the young Ascanius, Aeneas’s son, stands beside his father. On the right, two armed warriors look on. This fresco bears witness to the spread of the Virgilian myth in ancient Pompeii and offers an insight into knowledge of the medical practices of the time.
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Print on handmade paper from Amalfi with or without frame Sheet size: 29 x 42 cm (11.4 x 16.5 in) With frame: 31 x 44 cm (12.2 x 17.3 in); Material: artwork printed on very fine handmade Amalfi paper with deckled edges, handmade beech wood frame
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