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Titolo dell'opera:
The Abduction of Helen
Acquisizione:
eredi del marchese Oberto Gentile Genova - acquisto
Autore:
Puget, Pierre
Object Type:
sculpture
Epoca:
1683 - 1700 - XVII
Inventario:
MSA 3552
Misure:
Unità di misura: cm; Altezza: 219; Larghezza: 74; Profondità: 90
Tecnica:
marmo bianco apuano scolpito
Descrizione:
Pierre Puget, active in Genoa since the 1660s, produced some of his most prestigious works for private individuals and religious institutions. Among them, for the Palazzo di Pantaleo Spinola in Strada Nuova, the Ratto di Elena (c. 1680). Sculptural group in white marble characterised by an animated spiral composition agitated by a typical “baroque wind”. All the characters and elements that characterise the scene move and balance each other: from the animated sea on which the ship floats to the right hand of Helena, which concludes the emotional spiral of the event at the top.
