The Dream of Aeneas
ArtistSalvator Rosa
Yearc. 1660–1665
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions196.9 cm × 120.7 cm (77.5 in × 47.5 in)
LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Dream of Aeneas is an oil-on-canvas painting by Italian artist Salvator Rosa dating to c. 1660–1665. It depicts a scene from the Roman poet Virgil's Aeneid in which an embodiment of the Tiber river speaks to the Trojan hero Aeneas. The work is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York.[1]

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  1. ^ "metmuseum.org". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2018-10-28.
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