Male Nude, Study for "Castor and Pollux Freeing Helen"
1817
Black crayon on off-white laid paper
45.7 × 30.8 cm (18 × 12.1 in)
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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026
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