Giuseppe Bossi – Aeneas wears his arms rushing into the vain defense of Troy, by now fallen
Giuseppe Bossi (Busto Arsizio 1777-Milan 1815) Aeneas wears his arms rushing into the vain defense of Troy, by now fallen 1795-1800 circa Pencil, brownish ink pen, grey ink watercolor on paper, 352 x 480 mm On the verso traces of pencil Provenance: Italy, private collection In dialogue with the models of Canova’s reliefs of Virgilian subjects, during his study sojourn in Rome, the painter-poet verifies the expressive possibilities of the subject of history in relation…