Skip to main content
![Envelope to a letter from Maurice Prendergast to Charles Prendergast, Paris [postmark]/ Saint Malo [postmark]](/internal/media/dispatcher/20182/thumbnail)
Paris and Helen Reconciled by Venus
Artist
Louis Emmanuel Soulange-Teissier
(French, 1814-1898)
Artist
after Pierre Paul Prud'hon
(French; 1758-1823)
Lithographer/Printer
Lemercier & Cie.
(French, Paris)
Date1853
Mediumlithograph on wove paper
Dimensions15 3/8 × 19 1/2 in. (39.1 × 49.5 cm)
Classification(s)
- PRINTS
Credit LineGift of Colin T. Eisler and Benita Eisler in honor of Stacy Schiff
Terms
- mythology
Object numberM.2015.16
DescriptionThe frieze in the background shows the judgement of Paris (right), then Paris sails to Sparta (center) and abducts Helen (left).On View
Not on viewMaurice Brazil Prendergast
August 6, 1907 [postmark]
Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier
1873