Art Institute of Chicago

Aeneas Fleeing with Anchises from the Ruins of Troy

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Date: 1777
Medium: Red chalk, over graphite, on off-white laid paper, laid down on cream laid card
Culture: France
Department: Prints and Drawings
Institution: Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID: 53169

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Credit line: Print and Drawing Club Fund in honor of Helen Regenstein
Provenance: Sold by Jean-Pierre Selz, New York, to the Art Institute, 1978.

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Object type: AAT300033973

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