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Bernini’s Aeneas carrying Anchises, with Ascanius beside them, in the Borghese Gallery.

Aeneas, Anchises and Ascanius: Bernini’s Flight from Troy

An old man sits high on his son’s shoulder, while a small boy follows behind their legs. In Aeneas, Anchises and Ascanius, Gian Lorenzo Bernini brings three generations together in a single marble group: Aeneas carries his father, Anchises, out of burning Troy, with his son Ascanius close behind. Made for Cardinal Scipione Borghese and […]

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