Title: Composition Study for "Castor and Pollux Freeing Helen"
Object type: Drawing
Date: 1817
Artist:  Joseph-Ferdinand Lancrenon 
Artist bio: French, Lods 1794–1874 Lods
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Artist
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
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Male Nudes, term: Female Nudes, term: Crowd