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Las troyanas quemando sus naves

ca. 1643
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 623
Las mujeres troyanas, cansadas de errar por el mundo tras la caída de Troya, decidieron quemar sus naves. Las nubes y la lluvia en la distancia presagian una tormenta enviada por Júpiter, a petición de Eneas, para apagar el fuego. Claudio anotó en su diario, el Liber Veritatis, que el cuadro fue pintado en Roma para Girolamo Farnese. El erudito prelado, que volvió a Roma en 1643, debió escoger este episodio de la Eneida de Virgilio (5.604–710) en alusión a sus años de servicio itinerante como nuncio papal, combatiendo el calvinismo en los remotos cantones alpinos de la Confederación Suiza.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Título: Las troyanas quemando sus naves
  • Artista: Claudio de Lorena (Claude Gellée), francés, activo en Italia, 1604/1605?–1682
  • Fecha: ca. 1643
  • Material: Óleo sobre lienzo
  • Dimensiones: 105,1 x 152,1 cm
  • Crédito: Fondo Fletcher, 1955
  • Número de inventario: 55.119
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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