Hector taking leave of Andromache: the Fright of Astyanax

Benjamin West, 1766

Artist

Benjamin West (American, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 1738–1820 London)

Date

1766

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash and blue watercolor, touches of gouache (bodycolor), over traces of black chalk

Size

14 x 19 in. (35.6 x 48.3 cm)

Type

Drawings

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Licence

Public domain: free to use, no permission needed