Aeneas Fleeing from Troy is a painting by Federico Barocci (Federico Fiori), located in the Borghese Collection in Rome.
History
Considering Barocci’s only attempt at a historical narration, this scene was twice ordered by the Della Rovere family as a gift for their further social connection.
The first, now lost, the artwork was intended for the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Rudolph II.
The second was given to Cardinal Scipione Borghese, adapting the imperial allegory as a scene of the spiritual purity of the Roman Cardinal.
Federico Barocci | Aeneas fleeing Troy, 1598 | Galleria Borghese