Classical Mythology

The Building of the Trojan Horse, by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (1727-1804). Oil on canvas, 1773; 15 x 26 in. This is part of a se-
ries of oil sketches on the fall of Troy by the younger Tiepolo (formerly ascribed to his more famous father). The massive horse
dwarfs the workmen, while the walls of the doomed city brood in the background. The final painting, nearly six times the size
of the sketch, hangs in the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, Connecticut. (National Gallery, London. Reproduced by courtesy of
the Trustees.)