The Trojans pulling the wooden horse into the city

Giulio Bonasone Italian
 After Francesco Primaticcio Italian

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Since the Trojans had been persuaded that bringing the horse into their city would lead to the Greeks' defeat, the walls were breached and the horse was wheeled in, with the most valiant Greek soldiers hidden inside. This engraving is based on a drawing by Primaticcio, now in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle, that probably represents an early idea for the fresco of the defeat of Troy in the Galerie d'Ulisse at Fontainebleau (1541–47).

The Trojans pulling the wooden horse into the city, Giulio Bonasone (Italian, active Rome and Bologna, 1531–after 1576), Engraving

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The Trojans pulling the wooden horse into the city, Giulio Bonasone (Italian, active Rome and Bologna, 1531–after 1576), Engraving
The Trojans pulling the wooden horse into the city, Giulio Bonasone (Italian, active Rome and Bologna, 1531–after 1576), Engraving

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