Skip navigation

Main menu

  • What's On
  • Visit
  • Art
    • Discover Art
    • Artists
    • Artworks
    • Stories
    Stories
    Stories

    Watch, listen and read

  • Learn
    • Schools
    • Tate Kids
    • Research
    • Activities and workshops
    Tate Kids
    Tate Kids

    Games, quizzes and films for kids

  • Shop
Become a Member
  • Tate Britain
    Tate Britain Free admission
  • Tate Modern
    Tate Modern Free admission
  • Tate Liverpool + RIBA North
    Tate Liverpool + RIBA North Free admission
  • Tate St Ives
    Tate St Ives Ticket or membership card required
  • Families
  • Accessibility
  • Schools
  • Private tours
  • Discover Art
  • Artists
  • Artworks
  • Stories
  • Schools
  • Tate Kids
  • Research
  • Activities and workshops
Tate Logo

Try searching for...

  • J.M.W. Turner
  • Ophelia
  • Tracey Emin

DON'T MISS

Exhibition

Lee Miller

Tate Britain
Until 15 Feb 2026
Exhibition

Theatre Picasso

Tate Modern
Until 12 Apr 2026
Become a Member

Henry Gibbs

1631–1713

Aeneas and his Family Fleeing Burning Troy 1654
License this image
In Tate Britain

Historic and Modern British Art

Biography

Henry Gibbs (1630/1–1713) was an English oil painter.

Gibbs worked in Canterbury, Kent. He painted "Aeneas and his Family Fleeing Burning Troy" in 1654, acquired by the Tate Britain gallery, London, in 1994. In 2025 it was announced that the picture would be given back to the descendants of Samuel Hartveld, from whose collection in Antwerp the Nazis looted it in 1940. There are also works by Gibbs in the Beaney House of Art and Knowledge and the Canterbury Heritage Museum. His paintings have been sold through Christie's auction house.

This biography is from Wikipedia under an Attribution-ShareAlike Creative Commons License. Spotted a problem? Let us know.

Read full Wikipedia entry
Civil War and Commonwealth

Features

  • Aeneas and his Family Fleeing Burning Troy 1654 by Henry Gibbs

    Rica Jones and Joyce H. Townsend

Artwork
Close

Join in

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • YouTube
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
Sign up to emails

Sign up to emails

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Tate’s privacy policy

About

  • About us
  • Our collection
  • Terms and copyright
  • Governance
  • Picture library
  • ARTIST ROOMS
  • Tate Kids

Support

  • Tate Collective
  • Members
  • Patrons
  • Donate
  • Corporate
  • My account
  • Press
  • Jobs
  • Accessibility
  • Privacy
  • Cookies
  • Contact
© The Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery, 2025
All rights reserved