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Mythology & Putti

    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)
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