Lairesse, Gérard de (1641-1711)
Helen arriving in Troy
c.1685–1690
Oil on canvas, 60 x 67 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris
Title: The Landing of Helen led by Paris to the palace of Priam, in Troy
Former title: Landing of Cleopatra at the port of Tarsus
Other title: Cleopatra and Antony land in Tarsus (wrongly said, J. Foucart, p. 172)
It is appropriate to return to the title prior to Villot, that given by sales and documents from the 18th century. Scene inspired by the Iliad and rarely represented. Old King Priam is at the far right, beyond the palace entrance arcade. – Dated around 1685–1690. (Louvre)