Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius
- Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius
Sculpture
title = Aeneas, Anchises and Ascanius
artist = Gian Lorenzo Bernini
year = 1618-1619
type = Marble
height = 220
city = Rome
museum = Galleria Borghese
"Aeneas, Anchises and Ascanius" is a sculpture by the Italian sculptor and architect Gian Lorenzo Bernini, c. 1619. It is housed in the Galleria Borghese, Rome.
The group sculpture represents Aeneas fleeing from the burning city of Troy bearing his elderly father Anchises on his shoulders, and his son Ascanius carrying the sacred fire of the hearth, while Anchises holds the penates family household gods. The twenty-one-year old Bernini, still influenced by his father Pietro's late 16th century tower-shaped compositions, executed this group around 1618 and 1620, though many experts believe that this is mainly his father's work.
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