The Abduction of Helen is an Italian Renaissance mythological painting by Girolamo Genga.
The painting was bought in 1898 in Rome by Wilhelm von Bode for its present location, the Musée des Beaux-Arts of Strasbourg, France.
Measuring 156 × 186 cm (61 × 73 in), The Abduction of Helen is slightly larger than the other surviving works (125 × 135 cm, or 49 × 53 in) and had probably not hung in the same room, although the configuration of the palace's interiors, and the original locations of the artworks, are now lost and impossible to reconstruct.
[1][3] Helen of Troy is depicted as being gently led away by prince Paris, while there is some turmoil among the ladies of her court.
The temple in the background and center of the painting while the main action takes place in the foreground is reminiscent of a similar composition by Genga's master Perugino, and by Genga's colleague Raphael, among others.