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Scene from Roman History, depicting a Youth receiving Armor from a Dying Man (Scipio Africanus and His Son?)

Mathieu-Ignace van Bree

late 18th–mid 19th century

Scene from Roman History, depicting a Youth receiving Armor from a Dying Man (Scipio Africanus and His Son?) by Mathieu-Ignace van Bree

Medium

Pen and black ink, brush and black and gray wash, heightened with white gouache, black chalk

Dimensions

Sheet: 17 1/16 × 20 11/16 in. (43.3 × 52.6 cm)

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2013

Accession Number

2013.533

Tags

SoldiersArmorMen

About the Artist

Mathieu-Ignace van Bree (Flemish) · 1773 1839

Flemish, Antwerp 1773–1839 Antwerp

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