The Death of Seneca
ca. 1770–90
Medium
Pen and black ink, brush and brown wash, heightened with white gouache on blue paper
Dimensions
8 3/4 x 11 13/16 in. (22.2 x 30 cm.)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Gift in memory of Sir Anthony Lousada from his children, and The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2001
Accession Number
2001.453
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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...