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Chiron Teaching Achilles to Shoot with the Bow

A work made of black chalk with white chalk on tan wove paper.
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  • A work made of black chalk with white chalk on tan wove paper.

Date:

after 1810

Artist:

Bertel Thorvaldsen
Danish, 1770-1844

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Title

Chiron Teaching Achilles to Shoot with the Bow

Place

Denmark (Artist's nationality:)

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1810–1844

Medium

Black chalk with white chalk on tan wove paper

Inscriptions

Signed lower center, in black crayon: "A Thorvaldsen Fecit"

Dimensions

37.2 × 43.3 cm (14 11/16 × 17 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Regenstein Endowment Fund

Reference Number

2019.924

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