# The Burning of Troy

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## Artwork

- Artist: [ELSHEIMER, Adam](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/elsheimer-adam-re14fc14d3d004c>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Oil on copper, 36 x 50 cm

## Commentary

The source of this nocturnal scene was Jan Brueghel the Elder, who was active in Rome during the mid-1590s.

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- [Apollo and Coronis](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/elsheimer-adam-re14fc14d3d004c/apollo-and-coronis-r7d759485f003e6>)
- [Apollo and the Cattle of Admetus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/elsheimer-adam-re14fc14d3d004c/apollo-and-the-cattle-of-admetus-rf2bfc6ee4fc6dc>)
- [Aurora](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/elsheimer-adam-re14fc14d3d004c/aurora-r5ef8fea41f53e1>)
- [Ceres and Stellio](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/elsheimer-adam-re14fc14d3d004c/ceres-and-stellio-rb9bf160ca0b0f1>)
- [Flight into Egypt](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/elsheimer-adam-re14fc14d3d004c/flight-into-egypt-rc8d59d2b73204d>)
- [Glorification of the Cross](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/elsheimer-adam-re14fc14d3d004c/glorification-of-the-cross-r88827c68f58760>)
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- [Jacob&#39;s Dream](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/elsheimer-adam-re14fc14d3d004c/jacobs-dream-r4f935d5db59eee>)
- [Judith Beheading Holofernes](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/elsheimer-adam-re14fc14d3d004c/judith-beheading-holofernes-ra95a6ad14aa8cb>)
- [Jupiter and Mercury at Philemon and Baucis \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/elsheimer-adam-re14fc14d3d004c/jupiter-and-mercury-at-philemon-and-baucis-detail-r83d729d3ef6f71>)
- [Jupiter and Mercury at Philemon and Baucis](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/elsheimer-adam-re14fc14d3d004c/jupiter-and-mercury-at-philemon-and-baucis-rce5bd87666a2d1>)
- [Nymph Fleeing Satyrs](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/elsheimer-adam-re14fc14d3d004c/nymph-fleeing-satyrs-r5ff795b18126c1>)

## Attribution

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