Phryne Before the Areopagus

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Artist: Jean-Baptiste Deshays (French, Colleville 1729–1765 Paris)
Date: mid-18th century
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, heightened with white, over black chalk
Dimensions: 18 11/16 x 23 11/16 in. (47.5 x 60.2 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1961
Accession no.: 61.126

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Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.