The Trojans Repairing Their Ships in Sicily

oil on canvas overall: 58.7 × 87.6 cm (23 1/8 × 34 1/2 in.) framed: 83.5 × 205.3 × 8.5 cm (32 7/8 × 80 13/16 × 3 3/8 in.) Samuel H. Kress Collection Provenance: Commissioned by 1520/21 by Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara [1476–1534] for the Camerino d’Alabastro of the Castello Estense in Ferrara;[1] by inheritance to his son, Ercole II d’Este, Duke of Ferrara [1534–1559]; by inheritance to his son Alfonso II, Duke of Ferrara [1533–1597];[2] removed as early as 1608 from the Camerino d'Alabastro, when acquired by Cardinal Scipione Borghese [1577–1633], Rome;[3] by inheritance to his cousin Marcantonio II Borghese [1601-1658], 1st Prince of Sulmona, Rome