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| Keywords: Italian - Dish with Castor and Pollux Rescuing Helen - Walters 481328.jpg The inscription on the back of the plate identifies the subject il rapimento/ delena or the Rape abduction of Helen When a young girl Helen was said to have been kidnapped by Theseus as a potential bride She was cared for and guarded by his mother Aethra and years later she was rescued by her brothers Castor and Pollux This is the scene depicted not the famous story of her later abduction by the Trojan prince Paris Castor renowned for his skill with horses lifts up Helen and rides away on a rearing steed and Pollux known for his skill in boxing incapacitates Aethra by lifting her off the ground ca 1560 Renaissance earthenware with tin glaze maiolica cm 4 9 30 3 accession number 48 1328 19954 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 text place of origin Urbino Italy Walters Art Museum license Italian Renaissance maiolica in the Walters Art Museum Italian art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Urbino maiolica | ||||
