The Abduction of Helen (Genga)
| The Abduction of Helen | |
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| Artist | Girolamo Genga |
| Year | circa 1510 |
| Medium | tempera on canvas |
| Movement | High Renaissance |
| Subject | Helen abducted by Paris |
| Dimensions | 156 cm × 186 cm (61 in × 73 in)[1] |
| Location | Musée des Beaux-Arts, Strasbourg |
| Accession | 1898 |
The Abduction of Helen is an
mythological painting by Girolamo Genga. The painting was bought in 1898 in Rome by Wilhelm von Bode for its present location, the Musée des Beaux-Arts of Strasbourg, France. Its inventory number is 490.[1][2]
The painting comes from the palace of Pandolfo Petrucci in Siena, which had been decorated in the years 1508 to 1512 with frescoes and paintings by Pinturicchio, Luca Signorelli, Domenico Beccafumi, and Genga. Measuring 156 × 186 cm (61 × 73 in), The Abduction of Helen is slightly larger than the other surviving works (125 × 135 cm, or 49 × 53 in) and had probably not hung in the same room, although the configuration of the palace's interiors, and the original locations of the artworks, are now lost and impossible to reconstruct. It is also the only tempera painting among the surviving works.[1][3]
Perugino, and by Genga's colleague Raphael
, among others.
References
- ^ ISBN 978-2-35125-151-5.
- ^ "L'Enlèvement d'Hélène". Base Joconde. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
- ^ "peinture - L'Enlèvement d'Hélène - Genga, Girolamo (1467 - 1551)". AGORHA. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
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