JEAN MIGNON (ACTIVE C.1535-55)

The Rape of Helen

c.1535-1555

Etching | 31.4 x 42.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 851869

An etching after a drawing attributed to Luca Penni.

Creator(s)

Jean Mignon (active c.1535-55) (engraver)

After a work attributed to Luca Penni (d. 1556) (designer)
31.4 x 42.2 cm (sheet of paper)
Added to the Prince Consort's Raphael Collection (c.1853-76)
Subject(s)
- Language, Linguistics and Literature
  Literature
  Fiction
  Tales & legends
  Myths
- Helen of Troy-Abduction of
- Places
  Asia
  Asia Minor
  Troy
- Religion & Theology
  Religions and faiths
  Religions of antiquity
  Classical mythology
  Paris (mythological character)