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Aeneas Saving Anchises at the Fall of Troy

Federico Barocci (Italian, 1528–1612). 1587–88. Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash and yellow gouache heightened with traces of white, over black chalk, with stylus (banister); framing lines in pen and brown ink. Explore the catalogue record, image rights and documented connections from The Cleveland Museum of Art.

Aeneas Saving Anchises at the Fall of TroyFederico Barocci (Italian, 1528–1612) · 1587–88The Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0
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Aeneas Saving Anchises at the Fall of Troy — Drawing by Federico Barocci (Italian, 1528–1612). Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash and yellow gouache heightened with traces of white, over black chalk, with stylus (banister); framing lines in pen and brown ink.

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Aeneas Saving Anchises at the Fall of Troy

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Maker
Federico Barocci (Italian, 1528–1612)
Date
1587–88
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash and yellow gouache heightened with traces of white, over black chalk, with stylus (banister); framing lines in pen and brown ink
Collection
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Accession
1960.26
Credit
L. E. Holden Fund
Rights
Public domain · CC0

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Drawing

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The Cleveland Museum of Art supplies “Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash and yellow gouache heightened with traces of white, over black chalk, with stylus (banister); framing lines in pen and brown ink; [object Object]” in its medium/materials field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash and yellow gouache heightened with traces of white, over black chalk, with stylus (banister); framing lines in pen and brown ink; [object Object]

Catalogue: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Automated source-field normalization; no independent visual interpretation.
Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1

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The Cleveland Museum of Art supplies “Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash and yellow gouache heightened with traces of white, over black chalk, with stylus (banister); framing lines in pen and brown ink; [object Object]” in its medium/materials field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash and yellow gouache heightened with traces of white, over black chalk, with stylus (banister); framing lines in pen and brown ink; [object Object]

Catalogue: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Automated source-field normalization; no independent visual interpretation.
Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1

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The Cleveland Museum of Art supplies “Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash and yellow gouache heightened with traces of white, over black chalk, with stylus (banister); framing lines in pen and brown ink” in its medium/techniques field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash and yellow gouache heightened with traces of white, over black chalk, with stylus (banister); framing lines in pen and brown ink

Catalogue: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Automated source-field normalization; no independent visual interpretation.
Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1

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