特洛伊女人放火烧船

Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée) French

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 623

特洛伊女人点燃她们的船,打算结束自特洛伊被攻陷以来的多年流浪。远处的云和雨预示风暴即将来临,这是在埃涅阿斯的请求下由朱庇特派来灭火的。据克劳德在他的记录书《真理之书》中所载,这幅画是在罗马为吉罗拉莫·法尔内塞所画。这位博学的主教在1643年回到罗马,一定是他选择了维吉尔《埃涅阿斯纪》(5.604 – 710)中的这一情节,暗指他在多年担任教廷使节的巡回工作中,在遥远的阿尔卑斯山一带的瑞士邦联诸州与加尔文主义作斗争。

The Trojan Women Setting Fire to Their Fleet, Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée) (French, Chamagne 1604/5?–1682 Rome), Oil on canvas

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