Title: Scene from Ancient History
Object type: Drawing
Date: 1785–1807
Artist:  Giuseppe Piattoli 
Artist bio: Italian, documented Florence, 1785–1807
Artist nationality: Italian
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk; framing lines in pen and brown ink at left, upper, and right margins
Dimensions: 15-1/2 x 19-13/16 in.  (39.4 x 50.4 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1880
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Tents, term: Soldiers, term: Spears, term: Men, term: Horses