The Death of Seneca, after being sentenced to suicide by Nero, bleeding to death into a basin at center, while scribes to both sides transcribe his last words
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Richard Earlom|John Boydell|Simon Francis Ravenet, the elder|Luca Giordano
Artist bio: British, London 1743–1822 London|British, Dorrington, Shropshire 1720–1804 London|French, Paris 1706–1774 London|Italian, Naples 1634–1705 Naples
Artist role: Artist|Publisher|Artist|Artist
Artist nationality: British|British|French|Italian
Date: 1768
Medium: Engraving; second state of two
Dimensions: Plate: 19 × 23 7/8 in. (48.3 × 60.7 cm)
Sheet: 19 1/2 × 24 3/8 in. (49.5 × 61.9 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Gift of George S. Hellman, 1942
Accession year: 1942