Abduction of Helen — Scene from the Iliad — Reproduction of a tapestry by Jacques II van den Borcht, around 1775, Musée Galliera, Brussels

Description

Black-and-white illustration of a mythological scene depicting the abduction of Helen, taken from a tapestry by Jacques II van den Borcht executed around 1710. The reverse indicates that this reproduction was sent to France after the war of 1794, by Pichegru, and mentions the publisher 'Pichegru, near a Flanders cardboard'.