Castor and Pollux Rescuing Helen

Provenance

(De Bayser S.A., Paris); purchased 2006 by NGA.

Castor and Pollux Rescuing Helen

Norblin de la Gourdaine, Sébastien-Louis-Guillaume

1818

Accession Number

2006.152.1

Medium

pen and ink with wash over graphite, heightened with white gouache on toned paper

Dimensions

overall: 32.2 x 38.8 cm (12 11/16 x 15 1/4 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund