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SM H24. ©Sir John Soane's Museum, London. Photo: Art UK
Roundel depicting Aeneas carrying Anchises, 18th century
Plaster
Diameter: 70cm
Depth: 7cm
Depth: 7cm
Museum number: H24
On display: Entrance Hall Inner Lobby
All spaces are in No. 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields unless identified as in No. 12, Soane's first house.
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Curatorial note
This relief depicts Aeneas carrying his aged father Anchises away from the burning City of Troy, sacked by the Greeks, in a famous episode during the Trojan Wars described vividly by the Roman poet Virgil in his Aeneid book 2. Aeneas’ young son Ascanius is shown clinging to his father’s tunic.
This roundel is within a bead moulding added by Soane. Other versions of this sculpture are framed in different ways. The version at the Foundling Museum (FM297) is cast with a dish-like frame incorporated and painted in imitation of bronze.
This roundel is within a bead moulding added by Soane. Other versions of this sculpture are framed in different ways. The version at the Foundling Museum (FM297) is cast with a dish-like frame incorporated and painted in imitation of bronze.
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