Antieke begrafenisscène in een mausoleum
Compositions depicting history scenes posed the greatest challenge for Neoclassical artists. The fierce competition among them meant that they continually had to find and depict original, lesser-known themes. It is not known which story is depicted here. A dead woman is being carried to a sarcophagus. The composition is well-conceived with the men displaying their brawn and the women their great sorrow.