DrawingsFrench18th century

Death of Sophonisba

18th century

Artists

Joseph II CellonyArtist

Charles-Antoine CoypelPrevious attribution

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink, brown and gray wash, and white gouache over red chalk on cream antique laid paper, pricked for transfer around oval framing lines in black ink

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

35.5 x 25.4 cm (14 x 10 in.)

Provenance

Daniel Katz, London, sold; to Jeffrey E. Horvitz, Boston, 1996, inv. no. D-F-420, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1999, inv. no. 1999.27

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