The Martyrdom of St. Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury
Object type: Drawing
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre
Artist bio: French, Paris 1714–1789 Paris
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: French
Date: ca. 1748
Medium: Pen and black ink, brush and black and gray wash, heightened with white, over traces of black chalk, on gray-green paper
Dimensions: 13 7/8 x 7 1/8 in. (35.2 x 18.1 cm) (arched top)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Purchase, David T. Schiff Gift, 1989
Accession year: 1989
Tags: Weapons|Men|Saints