Object Details
- Attributed to
- Antonio Giuseppe Basoli, Italian, 1774–1843
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- 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.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Grafton H. Pyne
- 1800–20
- Accession Number
- 1948-118-28
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- figures
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Pen and black ink, gray, red, and yellow wash on white laid paper, laid down
- Dimensions
- 39.6 x 60.9 cm (15 9/16 x 24 in.)
- made in
- Bologna, Italy
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1948-118-28
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4fde3da7b-c884-49ef-af08-439c20d4026e
