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In book two of Virgil's epic poem <em>The Aeneid</em> (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.
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136390
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Aeneas Saving Anchises at the Fall of Troy
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136390
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drawing
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Aeneas Saving Anchises at the Fall of Troy
description
In book two of Virgil's epic poem <em>The Aeneid</em> (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.
date
1587–88
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
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Q80030271
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1180
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Drawing
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1
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dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 27.7 x 42.6 cm (10 7/8 x 16 3/4 in.)
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Italy, 16th century
accession
1960.26
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Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash and yellow gouache heightened with traces of white, over black chalk, with stylus (banister); framing lines in pen and brown ink
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Aeneas Saving Anchises at the Fall of Troy, 1587–88. Federico Barocci (Italian, 1528–1612). Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash and yellow gouache heightened with traces of white, over black chalk, with stylus (banister); framing lines in pen and brown ink; sheet: 27.7 x 42.6 cm (10 7/8 x 16 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, L. E. Holden Fund, 1960.26
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gray-green laid paper, laid down on cream(3) laid paper
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DR - Italian
inscriptions
inscription
lower left, in brown ink: 17 ; lower right, in brown ink: [illegible] ; lower right, in brown ink: 55 ; VERSO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, center, in brown ink: Intagliato da Agostino Caracci. Il quadro è in Casa Borghese . [sideways] ; upper right, in graphite: 2767 [circled]
didYouKnow
This drawing may have been once owned by the painter Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640).
citations
citation
"Year in Review 1960." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>47, no. 72 (December 1960).
page_number
Mentioned: p. 253, under n. 72
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Cleveland Museum of Art, “Two Italian Drawings,” October 25, 1960, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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Richards, Louise. "Federico Barocci: A Study for <em>Aeneas' Flight from Troy</em>." <em>Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>48 (April 1961): 63-65.
page_number
Mentioned: pp. 63-65; Reproduced: p. 63, n. 1
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Olsen, Harald. <em>Federico Barocci</em>. Copenhagen: Munksgaard, 1962.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 182; Reproduced: n. 64
citation
Jaffé, Michael. "The Figurative Arts of the West c. 1400-1800." <em>Apollo </em>(December 1963): 457-467.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 466; Reproduced: p. 462, n. 5
citation
Cummings, Frederick J. <em>Art in Italy, 1600-1700</em>. Detroit, MI: Detroit Institute of Arts, 1965.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 73, under n. 63; Reproduced: p. 74
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 100
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 100
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Günther, Hubertus. "Uffizien 135 A- Eine Studie Baroccis." <em>Mitteilungen des Kunsthistorischen Institutes in Florenz </em>14 (1970): 239-246.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 242
citation
Bacou, Roseline. <em>Cartons d'artistes du XVe au XIXe siècle</em>. Paris: Musée du Louvre, 1974.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 19, under n. 14
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Gaeta Bertelà, Giovanna. <em>Disegni di Federico Barocci: Catalogo della mostra</em>. Florence: Leo S. Olschki, 1975.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 61, under n. 56
citation
Feinblatt, Ebria. <em>Old Master Drawings from American Collections</em>. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1976.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 92, under n. 112
citation
Morford, Mark P. O., and Robert J. Lenardon. <em>Classical Mythology</em>, 2nd edition. New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1977.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: p. 326
citation
Günther, Hubertus. "Federico Barocci 'Die Flucht des Äneas aus Troja': Zur Geschichte des Bildes." <em>Weltkunst </em>47 (October 1977): 1858-1859.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 1859; Reproduced: p.1858
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 116
citation
Pillsbury, Edmund P., and Louise S. Richards. <em>The Graphic Art of Federico Barocci: Selected Drawings and Prints. </em>New Haven, CT: Yale University Art Gallery, 1978.
page_number
Mentioned: pp. 9-10, 77-78, under n. 54; Reproduced: p. 77, n. 54
citation
Walters, Gary R. <em>Federico Barocci: Anima Naturaliter</em>. New York and London: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1978.
page_number
Mentioned: pp. 129 and 201, note 23
citation
Bohlin, Diane DeGrazia. <em>Prints and Related Drawings by the Carracci Family: A Catalogue Raisonné</em>. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1979.
page_number
Mentioned: pp. 326-328, note 2
citation
Johnson, Mark M. Idea to Image: <em>Preparatory Studies from the Renaissance to Impressionism.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1980.
page_number
Mentioned: pp. 42-44; Reproduced: p. 43, n. 46
citation
Olszewski, Edward J., and Jane Glaubinger.<em> The Draftsman's Eye: Late Italian Renaissance Schools and Styles.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981.
page_number
Mentioned: pp. 8, 55, 60, 61-63, under n. 34; Reproduced: p. 62, n. 34
citation
Emiliani, Andrea. <em>Federico Barocci (Urbino, 1535-1612)</em>, vol. 2. Bologna: Nuova Alfa Editoriale, 1985.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 236; Reproduced: p. 237, n. 490
citation
Miller, Michael. <em>Drawing: A Glossary of Materials: Selections from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1987.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 3
citation
Larsen, Erik. "Ein unbekanntes Hauptwerk des Peter Paul Rubens aus seiner italienischen Zeit 'Die Flucht des Äneas aus Troja.' " <em>Pantheon </em>52 (1994): 79-85.
page_number
Mentioned: pp. 82-84; Reproduced: p. 80, n. 3
citation
DeGrazia, Diane, and Carter E. Foster. <em>Master Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in association with Rizzoli International Publications, New York, 2000.
page_number
Mentioned: pp. 40-41, 284; Reproduced: p. 41, n. 10
citation
Goldner, George G. " Review of Master Drawings from The Cleveland Museum of Art." <em>Master Drawings</em> 40, no. 2 (Summer 2002): 174-176.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 175, under n. 10
citation
Olszewski, Edward J., edited. <em>A Corpus of Drawings in Midwestern Collections: Sixteenth-Century Italian Drawings</em>, vol. 1. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols Publishers, 2008.
page_number
Mentioned: pp. 33-34, under n. 29; Reproduced: p. 33, n. 29
citation
Mann, Judith Walker, Babette Bohn, with Carol Plazzotta. <em>Federico Barocci: Renaissance Master of Color and Line</em>. St. Louis, MO: Saint Louis Art Museum; New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2012.
page_number
Mentioned: pp. 274 and 281, note 13
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L. E. Holden Fund
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Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash and yellow gouache heightened with traces of white, over black chalk, with stylus (banister); framing lines in pen and brown ink
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