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Chryseis Returned to Her Father Chryses

Benjamin West
1738-1820

Chryseis Returned to Her Father Chryses

4 3/4 x 6 15/16 inches (121 x 176 mm)
Pen and brown ink on gray paper, laid down.
1970.11:69

Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Robert H. Charles.

Notes
Study for the painting, "Chryseis Returned to Her Father," 1777, at the New York Historical Society. The subject was taken from a story in Book I of the "Illiad."
Associated names
Margary, Harry, former owner.
Charles, Robert H., Mrs., donor.
Bibliography
Kraemer, Ruth S. Drawings by Benjamin West and His Son, Raphael Lamar West. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975, no. 16, repr.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department