Aeneas Carrying Anchises from the Burning Troy (Paris)
Object type | Painting |
Genre | Classical Mythology |
Date | ca. 1605 |
Dimensions | 6.7 x 8.6 cm |
Support | Copper |
Medium | Oil |
Our attribution | Jan Brueghel the Elder |
Other authorities | Ertz 2008-10, #329 |
Location/Most Recent Sale | Paris, Galerie de Jonckheere |
Tags | City, Miniature, Oval, Fire, Classical, History, Landscape, Mythological |
The story of Aeneas' flight from Troy is told in the Aeneid, 2, 671-729.