Aeneas leaves Troy carrying his father Anchises and leading his son Ascanius. unknown c. 1670-1680 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. 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 (BRD) ribbon tied around & interspersed with laurel leaves & various decorative elements: (UPR & LWR BRD) centered by floral wreaths & arrow-filled quivers framing a scepter with crown laid on richly patterned cloth; (UPR BRD) wi
Aeneas leaves Troy carrying his father Anchises and leading his son Ascanius. unknown c. 1670-1680 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. 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 (BRD) ribbon tied around & interspersed with laurel leaves & various decorative elements: (UPR & LWR BRD) centered by floral wreaths & arrow-filled quivers framing a scepter with crown laid on richly patterned cloth; (UPR BRD) with paired dolphins & (LWR BRD) acanthus leaves hanging with laurel leaves & fruit in corners; (L & R BRD) centered by crossed sheaths with swords, arrow-filled quivers & bows, floral wreaths framing plumed helmets The note "neg. # info- June 1937 copy- Hearst" appears on verso of photograph. French & Co. stock sheet missing from archive, 73045 ? Göbel, Wandteppiche II:2 (1928), ill. 271 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0243297-0243300; compositionally similar tapestries: GCPA 0243301 (also, with similar borders), "Hector [Aeneas] & Anchises" (with variations) Altkunst-Margraf & Co. (Göbel, ill. 271)
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