
AT-00020781
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Evadne throws herself on the Funeral Pile of her Husband Capaneus
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Edward Francis Burney (British, Worcester 1760–1848 London)
- Date
- 1790–1800
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 3 1/4 × 4 5/8 in. (8.3 × 11.7 cm)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawings
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- Gift of Spencer Bickerton, 1933
- Accession no.
- 33.69.14
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Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
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