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| Keywords: Workshop of the Fontana family - Dish with the Abduction of Helen - Walters 481375.jpg This complex scene shows the episode that triggered the Trojan War and ended with the destruction of Troy The goddess Venus promised the Trojan prince Paris that he could marry Helen the most beautiful of mortal women Unfortunately she was already married to the king of Sparta Helen was worshiping at a temple devoted to Venus in the background on the island of Cytherea when she was abducted by Paris and taken to his waiting ships The fine ornaments with fantastic creatures and cameos along the rim show the painter's attempt to imitate the pictorial style of classical antiquity ca 1565 1575 Renaissance earthenware with tin glaze maiolica cm 5 5 43 5 accession number 48 1375 15181 Spitzer Collection date and mode of acquisition unknown no 1143 H Wencke Collection Hamburg date and mode of acquisition unknown no 92 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1908 text A Renaissance Puzzle Heemskerck's Abduction of Helen The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1993 place of origin Urbino Italy Walters Art Museum license Italian Renaissance maiolica in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Fontana workshop Spitzer Collection Abduction of Helen | ||||
