Composition Study for "Castor and Pollux Freeing Helen"
Object type: Drawing
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Joseph-Ferdinand Lancrenon
Artist bio: French, Lods 1794–1874 Lods
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: French
Date: 1817
Medium: Black chalk and black crayon on off-white laid paper; squared in red chalk
Dimensions: sheet: 16 7/8 x 21 5/16 in. (42.9 x 54.1 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Purchase, Renée Sacks Bequest, 2005
Accession year: 2005
Tags: Male Nudes|Female Nudes|Crowd