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EVA Visual Arts in Europe: An Open History

Artwork

The abduction of Helena of Troy

Chinese, Macao, for export market

ca. 1750

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States of America

Tapisserie représentant l'enlèvement d'Hélène de Troie au cours d'une scène de bataille mythologique, encadrée d'une riche bordure ornementale.
Holger Uwe Schmitt (Wikimedia Commons), CC BY SA 4.0

Details

Creator(s)
  • Chinese, Macao, for export market
Title(s)
  • The abduction of Helena of Troy
Date of creation
ca. 1750
Materials and techniques
Cotton, embroidered with silk and gilt-paper-wrapped thread, pigment
Place of conservation
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States of America
Rights
  • Public Domain
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