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| Keywords: German - Plaque with a Battle of Naked Men over the Abduction of a Woman - Walters 71316.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Anonymous German <br/> This plaque is carved in low relief It has a small hole at either end and was probably made to decorate a small casket It is based rather closely on an engraving by Barthel Beham Hollstein 73 that bears the title in the plate RAPTUS / HELENAE The Abduction of Helen ; however the subject is clearly not the abduction of Queen Helen by the Trojan Prince Paris which would call for princely attire but a battle of wild men itself a popular subject in the 1500s but one that did not have such classical pretentions as one involving famous historical figures The men carrying out the abduction have the African facial features typical for male satyrs to make them look wilder for contemporary audiences between 1550 1575 Late Renaissance ivory cm 3 8 13 2 accession number 71 316 2633 Sir Thomas D Gibson date and mode of acquistion unknown Carmichael date and mode of acquistion unknown Carmichael Sale Christie's London May 12 1902 no 5 Harding New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquistion unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin Germany Walters Art Museum license Baroque sculpture in the Walters Art Museum German art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist review | ||||
