The Sacrifice of Manoah
Medium
Red chalk
Dimensions
11 5/16 x 14 1/2 in. (28.8 x 36.8 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, David L. Klein Jr. Memorial Foundation Inc. Gift, 1982
Accession Number
1982.173
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Jacques Dumont, called le Romain|Louis de Silvestre · 1701–1781
**Jacques Dumont, called le Romain (1704–1781), was a French painter, engraver, and draftsman whose long career spanned the height of the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture.** Born in Paris on 10 May 1704, he was the son of the court sculptor Pierre Dumont and brother to the sculptor François Dumont. He earned his nickname from an early sojourn in Rome, where he traveled on foot as a yout...