#posillipo

The Tomb of Virgil at Posillipo, Naples by Hubert Robert

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The Grotto of Posillipo (or Crypta Neapolitana) is an ancient Roman tunnel carved through volcanic rock in Naples, Italy, linking the city to Pozzuoli, famous for its association with Virgil's Tomb and as a major stop on the 18th-century Grand Tour for artists like Turner, Thomas Jones, and Hubert Robert, depicted in numerous famous paintings. This nearly half-mile-long, tall, dark passageway was a marvel of engineering, used as a roadway and later a bomb shelter, and is now a restored archaeological site.

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Antonie Sminck Pitloo (Dutch, 1790-1837) - La Grotta di Posillipo, Naples (1826)

Wright painted many versions of this composition, one of his most popular subjects. It represents Silius Italicus, a Roman consul under the Emperor Nero who devoted his later life to the study of literature. His passionate admiration for Vergil led him to buy the poet's estate and tomb at Posillipo, near Naples. Each year he recited Vergil’s poetry inside the tomb on the anniversary of the poet’s death. Wright shows him inside the tomb by candlelight, declaiming Vergil's verses aloud as though trying to raise his spirit.

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