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Le donne troiane appiccano il fuoco alla flotta

ca. 1643
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 623
Le donne troiane incendiarono le loro navi per cercare di porre fine ad anni di peregrinazioni dopo la caduta di Troia. Le nuvole e la pioggia in lontananza annunciano la tempesta inviata da Giove, su richiesta di Enea, per domare l’incendio. Lorrain annotò nel suo quaderno di disegni e appunti, il Liber Veritatis, che il dipinto fu eseguito a Roma per Girolamo Farnese. Il dotto prelato, che ritornò a Roma nel 1643, deve aver scelto questo episodio dall’Eneide di Virgilio (5.604-710) come allusione agli anni di servizio itinerante da lui trascorsi come nunzio papale, per combattere il Calvinismo nei remoti cantoni alpini della Confederazione svizzera.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titolo: Le donne troiane appiccano il fuoco alla flotta
  • Artista: Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée), Francese, attivo in Italia, 1604/5?-1682
  • Data: ca. 1643
  • Materiale e tecnica: Olio su tela
  • Dimensioni: 105,1 x 152,1 cm
  • Crediti: Fletcher Fund, 1955
  • Numero d'inventario: 55.119
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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