Scene from Roman History, depicting a Youth receiving Armor from a Dying Man (Scipio Africanus and His Son?)
Object type: Drawing
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Mathieu-Ignace van Bree
Artist bio: Flemish, Antwerp 1773–1839 Antwerp
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Flemish
Date: late 18th–mid 19th century
Medium: Pen and black ink, brush and black and gray wash, heightened with white gouache, black chalk
Dimensions: Sheet: 17 1/16 × 20 11/16 in. (43.3 × 52.6 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2013
Accession year: 2013
Tags: Soldiers|Armor|Men