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Hector taking leave of Andromache: the Fright of Astyanax
Recorded by The Metropolitan Museum of Art as Benjamin West.
The record
- AttributionBenjamin West — other records naming Benjamin West
- Date1766
- ClassificationDrawings
- MediumPen and brown ink, brush and brown wash and blue watercolor, touches of gouache (bodycolor), over traces of black chalk
- DepartmentDrawings and Prints
- Held byThe Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Benjamin West · Hector taking leave of Andromache: the Fright of Astyanax · 1766 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain / CC0.
Source read 2026-09-20 · Published 2026-09-20
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