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Benjamin West

Hector taking leave of Andromache: the Fright of Astyanax

1766
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash and blue watercolor, touches of gouache (bodycolor), over traces of black chalk
35.6 × 48.3 cm (14 × 19 in)

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