Title: The Sword of Damocles; verso: Sketches of Man's Head and of a Figure with a Raised Arm
Object type: Drawing
Date: 1805
Artist:  Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg 
Artist bio: Danish, Blåkrog 1783–1853 Copenhagen
Artist nationality: Danish
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Pen and black ink, over graphite
Dimensions: sheet: 12 9/16 x 10 in. (31.9 x 25.4 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Purchase, Charles and Jessie Price Gift, 2011
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Swords, term: Men