Aeneas carrying Anchises, large bronze group, Barbedienne cast. Middle of the XIXth century.

Spectacular group in bronze with brown patina taking again the famous marble sculpture of Jacques Bousseau and Pierre Lepautre : "Aeneas carrying Anchises, followed by Ascanius ".
Very beautiful cast with rich details signed by Ferdinand Barbedienne. Height : 65 cm.

The scene takes place during the burning and the capture of the city of Troy by the Greeks.
Paris having entrusted Aeneas, son of Aphrodite, with the sword of Troy, the latter escapes from the city, carrying his father Anchises on his shoulders and taking his son Ascanius. The child, the glance turned towards the city in flames, looking desperately for his mother Créüse, daughter of Priam.
Anchises holds preciously in his hands one of the Penates, protective deities of the house, the family and the fire.

Very good condition. Not cleaned.

Barbedienne cast, signed.
Stamp mechanical reduction Collas.

Middle of the XIXth century.

Height : 65 cm

The original work of Pierre Lepautre and Jacques Bousseau, in Carrara marble is kept in the Louvre museum. It is dated from the end of the XVIIth century.

History of the original work :
From a wax sketch entrusted by Girardon to Lepautre in April 1696, during the latter's visit to Paris.
Wax model by Lepautre, finished at the French Academy in Rome, in November 1696.
Large plaster model finished in July 1697. Terracotta finished in December 1697.
Marble block delivered on September 17, 1697. Marble started in October 1697.
Third model in clay, December 1697. Return to France of the sculptor, February 1701. Sent from Rome in April 1715 and placed unfinished in the park of Marly in August 1715.
Finished with the help of Jacques Bousseau, in 1716. Placed in the Tuileries garden, west of the circular basin in 1717, and retouched on site until 1718.
Moved in 1858 and replaced in 1862 in the reserved garden, north side.
Entered the Louvre in 1989 (passage Richelieu, 1989-1993).

Bibliography:
-M. Knoedler, The French Bronze, 1500 to 1800, New-York, 1968, fig. 57
-F. Souchal, Sculpteurs français des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles.

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