Leaving Troy
late 16th–mid 17th century
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over graphite. Vertical lines in red chalk
Dimensions
sheet: 7 5/8 x 6 7/16 in. (19.3 x 16.4 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Janos Scholz, 1949
Accession Number
49.169
Tags
Art Historical Context
This evocative drawing, *Leaving Troy*, captures a pivotal moment from classical mythology, likely depicting the flight of Aeneas and his family from the burning city as recounted in Virgil’s *Aeneid Created between the late sixteenth and mid-seventeenth centuries by Flemish painter Sebastiaen Vrancx and Dutch master Hendrick Goltzius, the work reflects the period’s fascination with ancient narratives amid the cultural exchanges of the Northern Renaissance and early Baroque eras. Both artists were active in the Low Countries, where such scenes blended dramatic storytelling with emerging intere...