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Virgil's Tomb by Moonlight, with Silius Italicus Declaiming
Joseph Wright (Wright of Derby) (British, Derby 1734–1797 Derby)
1779
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Classification
- Paintings
- Dimensions
- 40 x 50 in. (101.6 x 127 cm)
- Culture
- British
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, European Paintings
- Credit line
- 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
- Rights
- Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
