Virgil's Tomb by Moonlight, with Silius Italicus Declaiming

1779

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 40 x 50 in. (101.6 x 127 cm)
Collection no.: 2013.155
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

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. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0; compressed study reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Virgil's Tomb by Moonlight, with Silius Italicus Declaiming — Joseph Wright of Derby. 1779.

Medium: Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 40 x 50 in. (101.6 x 127 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

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.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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