The Trojan Women Setting Fire to Their Fleet, ca. 1643, Oil on canvas, 41 3/8 x 59 7/8 in. (105.1 x 152.1 cm), Paintings, Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée) (French, Chamagne 1604/5?–1682 Rome), The Trojan women set fire to their ships in an effort to end years of wandering after the fall of Troy. The clouds and rain in the distance presage the storm sent by Jupiter at Aeneas’s request to quench the blaze
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Trojan Women Setting Fire, Fleet, ca, 1643, Oil, canvas, 41 3/8 x 59 7/8, 105.1 152.1 cm, Paintings, Claude Lorrain, Gellée, French, Chamagne, 1604/5?–1682, Rome, Trojan, women, set, fire, ships, effort, years, wandering, fall, Troy, clouds, rain, distance presage, storm, Jupiter, Aeneas, request, quench, blaze
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