drawing
- Museum number
- 1958,1229.1
- Description
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Study for marriage of Peleus and Thetis; man and woman enthroned to left, an eagle and peacock to either side of them, approached below by a figure holding trident and another blowing on a shell, at right two female figures seated on either side of a male, one presents him with a helmet, the other resting on a dolphin, below a figure seated on a horse, all figures nude
Pen and brown ink, over red chalk
- Production date
- 1760-1848
- Dimensions
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Height: 276 millimetres
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Width: 406 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1958
- Acquisition notes
- This item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45. The British Museum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1958,1229.1
