Aeneas, Anchises and Ascanius fleeing Troy
Maker
(draughtsman)
1683-1761
(engraver)
1683-1761
(publisher)
1675-1750 (Life dates)
1683-1761
(engraver)
1683-1761
(publisher)
1675-1750 (Life dates)
Title
Aeneas, Anchises and Ascanius fleeing Troy
Date of Production
1728
Medium
medium : material : ink & support : material : paper
Dimensions
Height: 16.5 cm
Width: 22.4 cm
Width: 22.4 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.2966.73
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: lower left corner within image, black ink: "P. P. Rubens. Pinx:"; lower centre, black ink: "Aspiciss. AEneas siumeris Patremque Laremque // Portat, et istud amor non grave reddit onus. // Ad latus Ascanis graditur, sequiturque Parentem, // Ut profugo repetant extera regnapede. // Urbs vetus, Urbs Asiae decor, Urbs contermina caelo. // Quanta fuit, prono pondere tanta ruit. // Rapta Viro conjux. Helene, fax unica belli, // In cinerem tantas vertit et ussit opes. // Haec apponit // IOANNES REGINALDUS ROTTET, // SS. Theol. Doctor, Cathed. Eccl. // Basileens. Canonicus, et Celsiss. // ac Reverendiss. Principis et // Episc. Passaviens. Consiliarius Consistor. // Saepius una potest mulier, quod mille virorum // Brachia, quod Martis fulmina a queuent. // Altera causa dolus; nam Trojam techna Sinonis // Stravit, et armatus milite venter Equi. // Sunt hodie monumenta super; mens persida crebro // Quod virtute nequit vincere, fraude potest, // Commutat Sors fluxa vices; erexit abustae // Relliquijs Trojae Martia Roma caput.".
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