The drawing features intricate pen lines, with highlights and shading suggesting depth and movement. It depicts multiple figures engaged in a dynamic scene, possibly a battle or encounter with mythical creatures. The figures include armored human-like beings and otherworldly creatures with wings and tails. The composition is tightly packed, with figures in various postures, reaching and clashing. Swirling clouds fill the background, adding drama to the scene.
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The Harpies Attacking Aeneas and His Companions

Johann Carl Loth (German, 1632 - 1698)

1670s/1680s

Medium
pen and brown ink over black chalk, heightened with white, on gray-brown laid paper
Classification
Drawing
Dimensions
sheet: 18.2 × 30.5 cm (7 3/16 × 12 in.)
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-E
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Adult profiles and older: its museum's description or title mentions violence, death or gore. How works are placed

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