Lot 065 – Exceptional ivory plaque carved in high relief representing the flight of Aeneas from Troy, Netherlands 18th century

Starting price: 38.000,00 €

Est: € 38.000 – 63.000

Description

The Trojan hero is depicted carrying his father Anchises on his shoulders followed by his son Ascanius and his wife Creusa holding a votive statue. In the background the city in flames.
The relief – signed He Bauer (Johann Leonhard Bauer, Hamburg, 1681 – 1760) – of very high quality of execution, is taken from the engraving by Nicolas Gabriel Dupuis (Paris 1698-1771) now in the National Library in Paris. – Dimensions 6,2×4,7×1,1 in.

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