Musidora and Her Two Companions

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Musidora and Her Two Companions
'Musidora and Her Two Companions, Sacharissa and Amoret, at Their Bath Espied by Damon' by Benjamin West.jpg
Artist Benjamin West
Year1795
Type Oil on canvas, history painting
Dimensions52.1 cm× 72.4 cm(20.5 in× 28.5 in)
Location Private collection

Musidora and Her Two Companions is a 1795 oil painting by the Anglo-American artist Benjamin West. It depicts a nude scene inspired by James Thomson's 1727 poem Summer, part of his larger work The Seasons . Musidora and her companions Sacharissa and Amoret, are surprised while bathing in a stream by the watching Damon. [1] The subject was a popular one in British art with works by Thomas Gainsborough William Etty amongst others. [2]

It was likely to have been displayed at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition of 1795 at Somerset House under the title Nymphs Bathing. More recently it has been auctioned at Sotheby's. [3]

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