Musidora and her Two Companions
by WEST, Benjamin, Oil on canvas, 52 x 72 cm
The painting depicts Musidora and her two companions, Sacharissa and Amoret, at their bath espied by Damon. It illustrates a passage from James Thompson’s The Seasons (“Summer”) published between 1726 and 1730.
The canvas was painted in 1795, but was retouched by the painter in 1806.