This composition is a repetition, with some variations, of the one found in the Prado museum. This episode was interpreted several times by the artist with a very similar compositional arrangement, which preserves many elements from the Flemish Romanism of late Mannerism in the attitudes and construction of the figures. The series of canvases devoted to the story of Troy were often found in the palaces of Spanish nobility, and Juan de la Corte seems to have specialised in this subject.

In addition to the series conserved in the Royal Collection of the Prado museum, we know of another three series of several canvases. This piece is probably the one requisitioned in 1937 by the

 Junta de Incautación y Protección del Tesoro Artístico 

the board for the requisition and protection of artistic heritage was created in 1936, with the aim of preserving, on behalf of the State, all the works of artistic, historical or bibliographic interest under threat of damage, loss or deterioration during the Civil War.

, the board for the requisition and protection of artistic heritage. The scene is drawn from the Iliad, and specifically depicts the moment when Paris abducts Helen, wife of Menelaus, King of Sparta, taking her to Troy and thus bringing about the war narrated by Homer. In the background we see the walls of the city, and to the right the ships that are to take Helen away.