Juraj Jakubisko for artistic achievement and received the Pribina Cross from the Slovak government, a special award given to those who have aided in the economic, social or cultural development of Slovakia. His next feature was "Post Coitum" (2004), a comedy about love starring Franco Nero. 2008 saw the release of "Bathory", starring Anna Friel as Elizabeth Báthory, a 16th-17th century Hungarian countess, often claimed to be one of history's most prolific mass murderers. She was reputed to have bathed in the blood of young Slovak women. Famke Janssen was originally cast in the title role. In addition to being Jakubisko's first
The Trojan Women Set Fire to their Fleet (Claude Lorrain) The Trojan Women Set Fire to their Fleet (Claude Lorrain) The Trojan Women Set Fire to their Fleet is a mid-17th century painting by French artist Claude Lorrain. Done in oil on canvas, the painting is currently in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Claude Lorrain painted "The Trojan Women Set Fire to their Fleet" around 1643 at the behest of Cardinal Girolamo Farnese. The scene is Lorrain's take on a famed event in Book 5 of the "Aeneid" in which the exiled women of Troy, spurred on by the Hellenistic goddess Juno, burn the Trojan fleet to