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Solimena was the most important Neapolitan artist of his generation. The scene represented here comes from 'The Aeneid', an epic poem written by the Roman poet Virgil. Venus, the mother of the Trojan prince Aeneas, is shown arriving on a cloud with medicinal herbs to help the healer Iapyx treat her son’s wounds. Iapyx is the kneeling figure who holds Aeneas’ leg. This painting is a magnificent example of the kind of heroic scene from history with which the public areas of Italian palaces were adorned in the Baroque era.

Compton Verney

Title

Venus with Iapis Tending the Wounded Aeneas

Date

c.1695

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 210.8 x W 365.8 cm

Accession number

CVCSC : 0243.S

Acquisition method

purchased, 1998

Work type

Painting

Compton Verney

Compton Verney, Warwickshire CV35 9HZ England

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Artist or maker

Francesco Solimena

1657–1747

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