The Death of Julius Caesar
date: label: Date
content: 1800–20
name: label: Attributed to
content: Antonio Giuseppe Basoli, Italian, 1774–1843
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Brutus stands in profile in the right foreground over the dying Caesar to his left. Caesar shields his head with his tunic and lies before a classical statue representing Imperial Rome. A throng of angry senators are shown, with knives upraised and with fasces in the background. On the upper right, a plinth with S.P.Q.R. (in reverse) appears.
place: label: made in
content: Bologna, Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1948-118-28
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and black ink, gray, red, and yellow wash on white laid paper, laid down
label: Dimensions
content: 39.6 x 60.9 cm (15 9/16 x 24 in.)