Creusa, Ascanius, and Aeneas in Renaissance Prague

• Authors: Bažant Jan
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper analyses the figural stucco in the Villa Hvězda (1555–1563) in Prague, depicting Aeneas with his father Anchises on his back and accompanied by his son Ascanius and his wife, Creusa. In numerous 16th century representations, Creusa always walks behind Aeneas, and Ascanius is always accompanying Ae neas. In the Villa Hvězda, the protagonists of the Flight from Troy are Aeneas and his wife, Creusa. Aeneas carries Anchises on his back, and in front of him, Creusa leads their son Ascanius. This anomaly calls for an explanation, and it may be this, that Creusa allegorically stands for Queen Anne as a model of a pious matriarch of the Habsburgs.

Keywords

EN

Villa Star; Prague; Renaissaance; classical tradition; ancient myth; stucco

Discipline

• ARCHAEOLOGY: ARCHAEOLOGY

• Publisher: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts, Czech Republic
• Journal: Studia Hercynia
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 26
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 196-214

Contributors

author

Bažant Jan

• The Centre for Classical Studies, Institute of Philosophy Czech Academy of Sciences