PUGET, Pierre
(b. 1620, Marseille, d. 1694, Marseille)

The Rape of Helen of Troy

1683-86
Bronze, height 97,2 cm
Institute of Arts, Detroit

Puget or his workshop made other versions of this subject in terracotta and marble. This group, showing the influence of Giambologna's Rape of the Sabines, is considered to be of key importance among the bronze statues of Puget.




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