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Neoclassical painting of a reading scene: a seated man in red gestures to a standing man holding a scroll, with a young woman in white and a woman in green beside columns.

Virgil Reading the "Aeneid" to Augustus, Octavia, and Livia

Neoclassical painting of a seated man in a red robe and laurel wreath gesturing toward a standing man in a cream-colored toga who holds a scroll and raises a hand. A young woman in white leans against a seated man while a woman in green stands behind them; columns, a tiled floor and a distant building frame the scene.

Artist
Jean Baptiste Joseph Wicar
Date
1790–93
Medium
Oil on canvas
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 1314 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1793).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Wirt D. Walker Fund

Español: Virgilio leyendo la Eneida a Augusto, Octavia y Livia

Pintura neoclásica de un hombre sentado con túnica roja y corona de laurel que gesticula hacia un hombre de pie con toga color crema, que sostiene un pergamino y levanta la mano. Una joven de blanco se recarga contra un hombre sentado mientras una mujer de verde está de pie detrás; columnas, un piso de azulejos y un edificio lejano enmarcan la escena.

Português: Virgílio lendo a Eneida para Augusto, Otávia e Lívia

Pintura neoclássica de um homem sentado com manto vermelho e coroa de louros que gesticula em direção a um homem em pé, com toga creme, segurando um pergaminho e erguendo a mão. Uma jovem de branco se apoia num homem sentado enquanto uma mulher de verde está em pé atrás; colunas, piso de azulejos e um edifício distante emolduram a cena.

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