The Burning of Troy, ca. 1593

Title

The Burning of Troy

Painter

• Abraham Bloemaert

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• painting (artwork)

Physical Description

Oil on oak

Material

• oak wood

Technique

• oil

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Old Masters 1300 - 1800

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1926

Genre

• historical narration
• literary representation
• nocturne

Main Motif

• fire
• Troy
• building
• man
• woman
• child
• group of people

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Homer
• Virgil
• Aeneas
• Anchises
• Ascanius

Associated Source

• Anonym: Iliupersis
• Homer: Ilias
• Vergil: Aeneis, 2. Buch

Primary

• 94H2 the fall of Troy; Troy burning
• 23R14 night

Secondary

• 42A3 mother and baby or young child
• 42A31 nursing, suckling
• 31A2351(+2) sitting on the ground (+ back view)
• 31A231(+2) standing figure (+ back view)
• 31AA231(+1) standing figure - AA - female human figure (+ front view)
• 31AA2511 arm raised upward - AA - both arms or hands
• 56DD11 Despair; 'Disperatione' (Ripa)
• 25G3 trees
• 24B3 waning moon, i.e. facing this way (

Associative

• 45B the soldier; the soldier's life