Neptune Calming the Tempest That Aeolus Raised Against Aeneas's Fleet

1516

From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art

Dominant colour

Neptune Calming the Tempest That Aeolus Raised Against Aeneas's Fleet is a 1516 by Marcantonio Raimondi, a Renaissance work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.

Who painted this?: Marcantonio Raimondi
When & what style?: 1516 · Renaissance
Where can I see it?: Cleveland Museum of Art

About this work

You see a wild sea with ships tossing, a god in a seashell chariot, and chubby wind-boys blowing hard. This is a metal plate print of a story from Virgil’s *Aeneid*. The engraver copied a lost drawing by Raphael, so it’s like a 16th-century screenshot of a famous artist’s idea. To see how Renaissance artists turned myths into pictures, look up sfumato.