PORTRAIT BUSTS OF HELEN & PARIS

 
 

PORTRAIT BUSTS OF HELEN & PARIS

Plaquette; bronze; oval; loop at top; obverse: portrait bust of Helen of Troy; reverse: portrait bust of Paris wearing armour and grotesque mask; legend on both sides.

Northern Italy, 15th Century

Not really how I picture either of these characters, but I love seeing the visualization of this unknown renaissance artist.

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