The Burning of Troy

Grandma Moses, The Burning of Troy, ca. 1939, oil on pressed wood, 15 × 16 3⁄4 × 1 1⁄2 in. (38.1 × 42.5 × 3.8 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2024.37.7

Artwork Details

Title
The Burning of Troy
Artist
Date
ca. 1939
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
15 × 16 3⁄4 × 1 1⁄2 in. (38.1 × 42.5 × 3.8 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on pressed wood
Classifications
Subjects
  • Figure group
  • Landscape — river
  • Disaster — fire
  • Architecture — bridge — covered bridge
Object Number
2024.37.7
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2024.37.7

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Bertha E. Jaques, Hampstead Heath, London, ca. 1913, etching, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chicago Society of Etchers, 1935.13.478
Hampstead Heath, London
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Bertha E. Jaques, Dandelion in the Grass, ca. 1926, etching, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chicago Society of Etchers, 1935.13.443
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Bertha E. Jaques, The Temple, ca. 1916, etching, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chicago Society of Etchers, 1935.13.462
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Dateca. 1916
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