Aeneas Carrying Anchises from Burning Troy
c. 1733
Artist, Venetian, 1689 - 1767

Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and brown ink with gray wash on tan laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (approximate): 39.1 x 32.9 cm (15 3/8 x 12 15/16 in.)
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Accession
1971.79.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(E. V. Thaw); acquired 1971 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1974
NGA Recent Acquisitions 1974, no. 37.
1994
The Glory of Venice: Art in the Eighteenth Century, Royal Academy of Arts, London, and National Gallery of Art, Washington, 267, 277, 449, 1994, no. 172 (repro. p. 277, color)(entry by Margherita Giacometti).
Bibliography
1964
Scholz, J. Arts Quarterly, 27:2, 1964, fig.3, p.192.
1994
The Glory of Venice. Exh. cat. Royal Academy of Arts, London; National Gallery of Art, Washington; Museo del Settecento Veneziano - Ca'Rezzonico, Venice; Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, 1994-1995: no. 172.
Wikidata ID
Q64571020