The Rape of Helena; verso: Study of a Kneeling Nude Male Figure

Daniel Seiter Austrian

late 17th–18th century

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Title: The Rape of Helena; verso: Study of a Kneeling Nude Male Figure
Artist: Daniel Seiter (Austrian, Vienna 1647–1705 Turin)
Date: late 17th–18th century
Medium: Pen and brown ink, heightened with white bodycolour, over black chalk
Dimensions: sheet: 10 3/8 x 15 3/16 in. (26.4 x 38.5 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Purchase, Guy Wildenstein Gift, 2009
Object Number: 2009.127a, b
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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