Helen of Troy Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1 ©Bildarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin, 2003, Hamburger Kunsthalle Helen of Troy DGR 1863 £60 Kunsthalle, Hamburg 2469 W. Blackmore; Herr and Frau Amsinck; Bequeathed to the Kunsthalle 1921 oil on panel 12 1/4 x 10 1/2 in. monogram 1863 The monogram and date are inscribed at lower left. Surtees, <hi rend="i">A Catalogue Raisonné</hi> , vol. 2, plate 232. Delaware Art Museum print <artist/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnpictorial> <citnmythic> <name/> <culture/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnmythic> <citnhistorical> <event/> <place/> <date/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnhistorical> <citnautobiographical> <name/> <place/> <date/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnautobiographical> <citnscenic> <place/> <date/> <bibl/> <note/> </citnscenic> </listcitn> </source> <commentaries> <head>Commentary</head> <section type="intro"> <head>Introduction</head> <p>Commentary is not yet available for this image.</p> </section> <section type="prodhist"> <head>Production History</head> <p/> </section> <section type="recepthist"> <head>Reception</head> <p/> </section> <section type="icon"> <head>Iconographic</head> <p/> </section> <section type="pictorial"> <head>Pictorial</head> <p/> </section> <section type="historical"> <head>Historical</head> <p/> </section> <section type="literary"> <head>Literary</head> <p/> </section> <section type="autobio"> <head>Autobiographical</head> <p/> </section> <section type="biblio"> <head>Bibliographic</head> <p> <bibl> <xref doc="a.ac-tate1997.rad" link="dead" workcode="s163" from="98"> <title level="bk"> <hi rend="i">Age of Rossetti, Burne-Jones, and Watts, Tate 1997</hi> , 98. Benedetti, <hi rend="i">Dante Gabriel Rossetti</hi> , 240. Marillier, <hi rend="i">DGR: An Illustrated Memorial</hi> , 129-130. WMR, <hi rend="i">DGR as Designer and Writer</hi> , 41. Surtees, <hi rend="i">A Catalogue Raisonné</hi> , vol. 1, 92 (no. 163). Surtees, <hi rend="i">A Catalogue Raisonné</hi> , vol. 2, plate 232.

Helen of Troy ελεναυσ, ελανδροσ, λεεπτολισ destroyer of ships, destroyer of men, destroyer of cities. Painted by D.G. Rossetti.DGR's inscription of this quote from Aeschylus' Agamemnon appears on verso.