# The Abduction of Helen [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [ANGELI, Giuseppe]() - Date: 1701-1750 - Technique: Fresco ## Commentary The two large scenes that extend between the doors on the walls in the ballroom are taken from Greek mythology and depict The Sacrifice of Iphigenia and The Abduction of Helen. The Abduction of Helen is more agitated and theatrical than the other scene. It depicts the abduction of Queen Helen, beautiful wife of Menelaus, seized against her will by Paris and his Troyan soldiers and brought aboard a ship that is about to set sail. ## Related artworks - [Ceiling fresco in the ballroom \(detail\)]() - [Charity]() - [Coriolanus Accepting the Command of the Roman Troops]() - [Curtius Rufus on his Horse]() - [Faith]() - [Lesson in Astronomy]() - [Mucius Scaevola before Porsenna]() - [Scipio Combating the Carthaginians]() - [St Roch in Glory]() - [The Abduction of Helen \(detail\)]() - [The Immaculate Conception]() - [The Sacrifice of Iphigenia]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()