# Aeneas Crowning Cloanthus

- By: Ferdinand Bol (Dordrecht, 1616–1680)
- Date: c. 1661 - c. 1663
- Medium: canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: height 218 cm x width 232 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-614--798bbf0ce563fc2c2da3dc6824b44a98)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/TQEUH/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Bol’s painting, made for the Amsterdam Admiralty, shows a scene from Virgil’s Aeneid. Aeneas congratulates one of four ships’ captains who competed in a race. All four were rewarded on their return, even the captain who threw his helmsman overboard for disobeying an order. The painting was accompanied by a poem by Vondel, stressing the importance of firmness and generosity in good government.