Tha Abduction of Helen (L'Enlèvement d'Hélène)

Etienne Delaune French

After Marcantonio Raimondi Italian

1540–83

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Title: Tha Abduction of Helen (L'Enlèvement d'Hélène)
Artist: Etienne Delaune (French, Orléans 1518/19–1583 Strasbourg)
Artist: After Marcantonio Raimondi (Italian, Argini (?) ca. 1480–before 1534 Bologna (?))
Date: 1540–83
Medium: Etching; first state
Dimensions: Sheet: 4 3/16 in. × 7 in. (10.7 × 17.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Object Number: 2012.136.190
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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