DrawingsFrench18th century

Lucius Sergius Catalina Inciting Insurrection

18th century

Artists

Jean-François-Pierre PeyronArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink and gray-brown wash over traces of graphite and white gouache on cream laid paper, framing line in brownish black ink, laid down on a decorated mount

Culture

French

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

25.5 x 18.9 cm (10 1/16 x 7 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Marcel Puech, Avignon, sold; through [Christie's, Monaco, July 2, 1993, lot 86 (as "Assembly of Early Christians"), sold; to Jeffrey E. Horvitz, Beverly Farms, Massachusetts, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1999

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