The Trojans pulling the wooden horse into the city

Giulio Bonasone|Francesco Primaticcio

1545 · Engraving · Drawings and Prints

Since the Trojans had been persuaded that bringing the horse into their city would lead to the Greeks' defeat, the walls were breached and the horse was wheeled in, with the most valiant Greek soldiers hidden inside. This engraving is based on a drawing by Primaticcio, now in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle, that probably represents an early idea for the fresco of the defeat of Troy in the Galerie d'Ulisse at Fontainebleau (1541–47).

Artist: Giulio Bonasone|Francesco Primaticcio
Date: 1545
Medium: Engraving
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953

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