L'Enlèvement d'Hélène, Roelandt Savery, 17e siècle
Roelant Savery, portraitRoelant SaveryFlemish, 1576–1639

L'Enlèvement d'Hélène

Painting · 49.6 × 86.5 cm

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Where is “L'Enlèvement d'Hélène” now? Collection: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Reims, Reims. Unknown.

The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.

In this state since
Source
The museum

About the painting

Museum text in French

Huile sur bois ; Bataille de laquelle émerge au centre Pâris enlevant Hélène, nu, de trois-quarts dos, sur un rivage sur lequel ont accosté des navires, charge de cavaliers et de fantassins à droite ; en arrière plan, paysage montagneux ponctué de forteresses.

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Reims

Details

Accession number
828.1.13 ; 33 p. 110 Vo (Ancien registre A)

What it shows

In the catalog

Sources

In the life of Roelant Savery

The whole life
  1. c. 1604

    To the imperial court in Prague

    Around 1604 Savery travels to Prague, where he becomes a court painter.

  2. 1606–1608

    Studying plants in Tyrol

    Savery travels to Tyrol to study plants.

  3. 1619

    Joining the guild

    Savery joins the Guild of Saint Luke in Utrecht.

  4. 1638

    Bankruptcy

    Savery goes bankrupt after a period of success in Utrecht.

  5. 25 February 1639

    Died

All works

From the collection of Musée des Beaux-Arts de Reims

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