The Trojan Women Setting Fire to Their Fleet
Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée)
Details
- Palette
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- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 41 3/8 x 59 7/8 in. (105.1 x 152.1 cm)
- Department
- European Paintings
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Image provider
- metropolitan-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Fletcher Fund, 1955
Art Genome Taxonomy
10 tags
Subject Matter
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Classical Mythology Metadata · 99%
The title identifies a scene from the Aeneid involving the Trojan women and their fleet, supporting a classical mythological subject.
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Narrative Both · 94%
The titled literary episode is presented through an organized scene of figures, ships, shore, and landscape.
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Landscapes and Waterscapes Visual · 99%
Water, shoreline, distant hills, mountains, and sky occupy most of the composition, with strong atmospheric recession.
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Nautical Both · 99%
Several large sailing vessels with masts, rigging, flags, and boats occupy the left and central areas; the catalog also lists Ships as a subject.
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Human Figure Visual · 99%
Numerous human figures are visibly arranged along the foreground and middle-ground shoreline.
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Haze Visual · 90%
Diffuse atmospheric effects soften the distant ships, hills, and mountains, producing a visibly hazy recession.
Medium and Techniques
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Oil Painting Metadata · 99%
The museum specifies oil on canvas as the medium.
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Painting Metadata · 99%
The museum classifies the object as a painting.
Time Periods
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17th Century Art Metadata · 98%
The work is dated ca. 1643, placing it in the seventeenth century.
Geographic Regions
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French Art Metadata · 90%
The artist display identifies Claude Lorrain as French.
Source & rights
Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée). The Trojan Women Setting Fire to Their Fleet. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.