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.