Plaque with a Battle of Naked Men over the Abduction of a Woman
Carved in low relief, this plaque was probably made to decorate a small casket. It is based on an engraving by Barthel Beham (1502–40) entitled by the artist RAPTUS / HELENAE (The Abduction of Helen). The subject here, however, is not the abduction of Queen Helen by the Trojan...
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Sir Thomas D. Gibson. Carmichael Sale, Christie's, London, May 12, 1902, no. 5; Harding, New York; Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
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