Composition Study for "Castor and Pollux Freeing Helen"
1817
Black chalk and black crayon on off-white laid paper; squared in red chalk
42.9 × 54.1 cm (16.9 × 21.3 in)
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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026
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