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Aeneas Flees with His Family from Troy
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Aeneas Flees with His Family from Troy

Pieter Tanjé · 1737 · etching; engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Aeneas flees burning Troy with his old father Anchises on his back. Beside him walks his crying young son. On the left, Aeneas's wife with her hands before her face. Representation above the door of the Council Chamber of the Court of Justice of Holland, Zeeland, and West-Friesland in the Binnenhof in The Hague.

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Credit lineAeneas vlucht met zijn familie uit Troje. 1737. Pieter Tanjé. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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