Cassandra Before the Burning City of Troy

A woman in flowing classical robes stands at left, arms outstretched toward a hilltop city with towers and smoke rising behind it, while a helmeted rider on a white horse with a lance advances at right. Drawn in pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk on cream laid paper, the scene is loosely sketched with soft tonal shading.

Artist

Unknown

Date

n.d.

Medium

Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over black chalk, squared in black chalk, on cream laid paper

Source

Art Institute of Chicago

Size

1686 × 2112 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection