The Entrance of the Wooden Horse into Troy

This four-and-a-half foot tall, eight-and-a-quarter foot long framed oil on canvas depicts the crowded and bustling city of Troy as the Trojans wheel the Greek’s hollow wooden horse into their soon-to-be ransacked city. In this depiction, rendered in a dark, rich palette, the wooden horse appears in the distant middle ground at our far left, surrounded by a large crowd. Centered in the foreground, and in the middle ground along our right, are half-naked Trojans draped in luxurious sheets of fabric, feasting at tables lined with food and drink. In the background, above the hillside city, black storm clouds fill the sky.