Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Aeneas, Anchises and Ascanius Leaving Troy
Alternate Title:
Aeneas, Anchises and Ascanius
Image View:
Detail, figure of Aeneas holding his father Anchises
Creator:
Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian sculptor, 1598-1680)
Location:
repository: Galleria Borghese (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Location Note:
Piazzale Scipione Borghese, 5
GPS:
41.914 12.492
Date:
1618-1619 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Baroque
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
marble
Technique:
carving (processes)
Measurements:
220 cm (height)
Subjects:
human figure; literary or legendary; mythology (Classical); Aeneid
Description:
Bernini was commissioned by Scipione Borghese to produce a series of over life-size marble statues for his new villa by the Porta Pinciana. These technically brilliant and surprisingly novel works rapidly turned Bernini into a European celebrity. His first achievement as a monumental sculptor was Aeneas, Anchises and Ascanius Leaving Troy, a work once attributed to his father Pietro. Evoking the passage in the Aeneid in which Aeneas carries his father and leads his son away from the burning city, the group is notable for the realistic characterization of the three figures, their relative positions introducing a new naturalism. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A1-BG-BG-AAA-A09
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Aeneas, Anchises and Ascanius Leaving Troy