Manius Curius Dentatus Refusing the Presents of the Samnite Ambassadors
Jean Guillaume Moitte
1795–96
Medium
Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash.
Dimensions
8 9/16 x 11 1/4 in. (21.8 x 28.6 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harry G. Sperling Fund, 1988
Accession Number
1988.252.2
Tags
ShieldsSwordsMenWomen
About the Artist
Jean Guillaume Moitte · 1746–1810
A sculptor and draftsman who worked in the Neoclassical style and, although not that well-known, to be one of France most talented and committed exponents of that style. In 1768 he won the Prix de Rome for sculpture and lived in Rome from October 1771 to May 1773. In 1783 Moitte was accepted by the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture and received commissions for several statues and low r...