Art Institute of Chicago
Virgil the Magician Hanging in the Basket
Georg PenczLinkedCulture matchlcp-6cb349065bf6
- Date
- 1541/42
- Medium
- Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
- Culture
- Germany
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 77508
In stories told during the Renaissance the ancient Roman poet Virgil was known as a magician or sorcerer. In one legend, he became enamored of Emperor Augustus’s daughter. Uninterested in him, she tricked him into climbing into a basket to gain entry to her chambers. After pulling him halfway up the tower, she literally left him hanging, an object of public ridicule.
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- Credit line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Potter Palmer
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- Object type
- AAT300041273
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