The Abduction of Helen
Object type: Drawing
Department: Robert Lehman Collection
Artist: Giuseppe Salviati (Giuseppe Porta, called Il Salviati)
Artist bio: Italian, Castelnuovo di Garfagnana ca. 1520–ca. 1575 Venice
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: mid-16th century
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white (partly oxidized), over traces of black chalk, on light blue paper.
Dimensions: 11 15/16 x 15 1/8 in.  (30.3 x 38.4 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession year: 1975
Tags: Men|Helen|Boats