Identificationtitle(s): fire of troy. Object type: drawing object number: rp-t-1958-82(r). Description: study for a lunette-shaped composition with the flight of arneas, anchises and ascanius in the foreground. Manufacturing. Producer: draftsman: andrea commodi. Dating: 1590 - 1638. Physical features: sketched in red chalk; pen in brown, charcoal. Material: paper chalk ink charcoal technique: pen / square grid enlargement. Dimensions: h 217 mm × b 332 mmexplanationpreliminary study for fresco(?). Subject: wat: on fire, ablaze, '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. Acquisition: purchase 1958. Date: between 1590 and 1638.
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