Title: Earth Receiving the Code of Roman Law from the Emperors Hadrian and Justinian
Object type: Drawing
Date: 1802–03
Artist:  Charles Meynier 
Artist bio: French, Paris 1768–1832 Paris
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white over black chalk on brownish paper. Squared in black chalk.
Dimensions: 24 5/8 x 15 15/16 in.  (62.5 x 40.5 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. David T. Schiff Gift, 1977
Geography: Made in    France      
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Men, term: Lions