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Aeneas Saving Anchises at the Fall of Troy

Aeneas Saving Anchises at the Fall of Troy

1587–88
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

This drawing may have been once owned by the painter Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640).

Description

In book two of Virgil's epic poem The Aeneid (29-19 BC), the Trojan hero Aeneas escapes from the burning city of Troy and its Greek invaders with his family. Here the artist shows them making their way through a classical corridor. Aeneas carries his elderly father, Anchises, entrusted with holding their household gods. Aeneas holds the hand of his son, Ascanius, and his wife Creusa follows behind. Creusa's separation from the group alludes to her fate: she will fall behind and not survive their flight. Quick sketches on the right border of the sheet show Barocci practicing the balancing pose of Aeneas as he carries his father, and the stance of Creusa. The drawing relates to a now lost painting by Barocci and was also made into an engraving by Agostino Carracci (see CMA 1963.456). Details in the drawing such as the dog bounding down the stairs and Creusa's flowing hair and head scarf do not appear in the engraving.
  • Possibly Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), Antwerp, (according to Jaffé 1963).
    ?-1740
    Pierre Crozat (1665-1740), Paris.
    1741
    his sale, 10 April-13 May 1741, lot 248.
    ?-1784
    Jean Baptiste François Nourri (1697-1784), Paris
    1785
    his sale, 24 February-14 March 1785, lot 119.
    Charles Paul Jean Baptiste de Bourgevin Vialart de Moligny, comte de Saint-Morys (1743-1795), Paris
    ?-1875
    Guichardot, Paris
    1875
    his sale, Paris, 7-10 July 1875, no. 18
    1960
    with Erardo Aeschlimann, Milan.
    1960-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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    National Schools of Style. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 14-September 18, 1983).
    Connoisseurship in Italian Figural Compositions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 21, 1980-February 15, 1981).
    Idea to Image: Preparatory Studies from the Renaissance to Impressionism. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 19-March 23, 1980).
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