Title: The Sword of Damocles
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
Dimensions: 16-5/8 x 23-1/4 in. (42.2 x 59.1 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1880
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Swords, term: Men, term: Crowd