The Abduction of Helena

Sebald Beham after Barthel Beham

Associated Names
Sebald Beham

Artist, German, 1500 - 1550

Barthel Beham

Artist After, German, 1502 - 1540

This is a drawing of a scene depicting conflict and capture. The image shows several figures engaged in a dynamic and tense scene, with visible action and interaction among them. Some figures are in the act of carrying or dragging others, suggesting a struggle or abduction. The figures are drawn in an intricate style, with detailed musculature and expressive poses, set against a textured background. The composition contains an inscription with the words "RAPTVS" and "HELENA." The use of contrast in the shading emphasizes the figures' forms and movement across the narrow horizontal space.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.1046

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 93, State i/iii


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1901

  • Pauli, Gustav. Hans Sebald Beham: ein kritisches Verzeichnis seiner Kupferstiche, Radierungen und Holzschnitte. Studien zur deutschen Kunstgeschichte_ 33. Strasbourg: J.H. Ed. Heitz, 1901: no. 73, i/iii.

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Sebald Beham, Anne Röver-Kann, author). Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel: Sound & Vision Publishers, 2024: no. 93, i/iii.

Wikidata ID

Q64961409

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