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2 unusual facts about Federico Barocci


Anchises

After the defeat of Troy in the Trojan War, the elderly Anchises was carried from the burning city by his son Aeneas, accompanied by Aeneas' wife Creusa, who died in the escape attempt, and small son Ascanius (the subject is depicted in several paintings, including a famous version by Federico Barocci in the Galleria Borghese in Rome.

Muzio Oddi

His initial training was in eloquence and philosophy, but he later trained under the painter Federico Barocci.



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