Aeneas on the Bank of the River Styx

Artist: Pietro Testa
Artwork: Aeneas on the Bank of the River Styx
Description: The painting depicts the scene from Virgil’s Aeneid in which the Trojan hero Aeneas, accompanied by the Sibyl, meets the ferryman Charon on the bank of the River Styx. Charon is depicted as a muscular figure with a long beard, and he is shown holding a coin in his hand, which Aeneas must pay in order to cross the river. In the background, the landscape is dark and stormy, and the trees are bare.
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