The Martyrdom of Saint Hippolytus
18th century
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown and gray wash, over red chalk
Dimensions
Sheet: 17 3/8 × 12 13/16 in. (44.2 × 32.5 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2020
Accession Number
2020.259
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Simon Julien · 1735–1800
**Simon Julien (1735–1800)** was a French painter, draughtsman, and etcher born in Toulon. He began his artistic training in his native city and at the emerging academic school in Marseille before moving to Paris. There he studied at the École des Beaux-Arts under Carle van Loo starting in 1758 and also followed the instruction of Michel-François Dandré-Bardon at the Académie Royale. Julien achie...