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Artist:
Armand-Charles Caraffe, 1762 – 1820  Search this
Medium:
Black crayon, pen and ink, brush and watercolors, white heightening on blue paper
Dimensions:
26 × 30.8 cm (10 1/4 × 12 1/8 in.)
Object Name:
Drawing
Type:
Drawing
Made in:
France
Date:
ca. 1810
Catalogue Status:
Research in Progress
Description:
A Gaul is shown pulling the beard of an old Roman seated in front of the closed door of a house. Two old armored men step up to the platform one of them holding a lighted torch. A dead woman and a child lie in front of the platform. The Gauls come from the left.
Credit Line:
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
Accession Number:
1931-64-265
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4bc3112d1-951f-4806-b10d-f21e7ec07ead
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1931-64-265