Menelaus and Paris
Menelaus and Paris - Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder (1722–1789) - Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel
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Menelaus and Paris - Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder (1722–1789) - Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel
Date: 1757
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 80.7 x 66.5 cm
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 80.7 x 66.5 cm
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Undertaken by Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder in 1757, Menelaus and Paris, is an oil on canvas composition depicting an event from Greek mythology.
Menelaus was the king of Sparta, whose wife, Helen was abducted by the Trojan prince Paris. This act brought about the Trojan War. It was suggested early in the war that the fighting could be brought to an end through a duel between Menelaus and Paris, although Paris initially rejected the idea. The painting, Menelaus and Paris, shows the duel eventually taking place, but as Menelaus gained the upper hand, the goddess Aphrodite intervened, preventing harm coming to her favoured hero, Paris. More information about Menelaus can be found here - (website opens in new window) Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder |
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Born: 3 October 1722; Haina, Hesse-Kassel
Died: 22 August 1789; Kassel, Hesse-Kassel
Nationality: German (from Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel)
Art Movement: Rococo
Died: 22 August 1789; Kassel, Hesse-Kassel
Nationality: German (from Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel)
Art Movement: Rococo
