# Woman Lamenting by a Burning City

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## Artwork

- Artist: [SWART VAN GRONINGEN, Jan](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/swart-van-groningen-jan-r525c4eaf6a770b>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Pen in black, brush in brown, 360 x 283 mm

## Commentary

The unusual subject of this painting has been identified variously as an allegory of bad fortune, Lot&#39;s wife by the burning Sodom, and Cassandra bewailing the fall of Troy.

## Related artworks

- [John the Baptist \(or the Apostle Philip\) Preaching](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/swart-van-groningen-jan-r525c4eaf6a770b/john-the-baptist-or-the-apostle-philip-preaching-re68dd39d53ed2f>)
- [The Triumph of Silenus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/swart-van-groningen-jan-r525c4eaf6a770b/the-triumph-of-silenus-r6f5f91f8b2fb8f>)

## Attribution

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