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Aeneas, Anchises and Ascanius fleeing Troy

Maker

(draughtsman)
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

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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