Guido Reni

Abduction of Helen

after 1627
Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown and gray wash, heightened with lead white (partially oxidized), on cream laid paper prepared with brown wash, laid down on cream laid paper
45.7 × 54.5 cm (18 × 21.5 in)

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