The death of Cato the Younger.

Drawing, pen and black ink, with red wash, 23,5 x 32,8 cm, laid paper, unsigned (old glue marks at upper edge, min. foxing, sm. hole on left side).

Under double-sided passe-partout.

Dramatic scene in an ancient setting with a man on his bed surrounded by a large crowd of mourning figures. Attributed in graphite at lower edge "dessin original de Nicolas Poussin".
On verso: Study sketch of "La magnanimité de Lycurgue" after Jean-Jacques-François le Barbier (1738-1826). Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over black chalk.