Aeneas fleeing Troy, with a group of six figures leaving the city at left, Aeneas carrying his father Anchises on his back, followed by his wife Creusa and his son Ascanius, two servants at far left

Aeneas fleeing Troy, with a group of six figures leaving the city at left, Aeneas carrying his father Anchises on his back, followed by his wife Creusa and his son Ascanius, two servants at far left by Anton Joseph von Prenner|Peter Paul Rubens

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

Sheet (Trimmed): 6 7/16 × 8 11/16 in. (16.4 × 22 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951

Accession Number

51.501.7692

Tags

MenFathersWomenAeneasShips

About the Artist

Anton Joseph von Prenner|Peter Paul Rubens (Austrian|Flemish) · 1683 |1577 1761 |1640

Austrian, Wallerstein 1683–1761 Vienna|Flemish, Siegen 1577–1640 Antwerp

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