Aeneas flees with his family from Troje, Adolf van der Laan, 1694 - 1755 print Aeneas saves his father Anchises from the burning Troy, his son walks next to him. The show is caught in an architectural accompaniment with two putti with a sacrificial scale on top. On the left supports the hope for an anchor, on the right are an open book and a skull. In the distance three beehives and pegasus. paper etching 'Pius Aeneas': Aeneas, leading Ascanius, escapes from burning Troy, carrying his father Anchises with the Penates; his wife Creusa, who sets out with them, is lost on the way. cupids: 'amore
Aeneas flees with his family from Troje, Adolf van der Laan, 1694 - 1755 print Aeneas saves his father Anchises from the burning Troy, his son walks next to him. The show is caught in an architectural accompaniment with two putti with a sacrificial scale on top. On the left supports the hope for an anchor, on the right are an open book and a skull. In the distance three beehives and pegasus. paper etching 'Pius Aeneas': Aeneas, leading Ascanius, escapes from burning Troy, carrying his father Anchises with the Penates; his wife Creusa, who sets out with them, is lost on the way. cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'. Hope, 'Spes'; 'Speranza divina e certa' (Ripa) ~ one of the Three Theological Virtues. death's head, skull (symbol of Death). bee-hive. Pegasus, the winged horse
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