Live auction - Lot 26
[French school]
The death of Sophonisba.
18th c
Hammer price: €
320
€ 200 / 300
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Lot description
Black ink, red chalk, grey wash, heightened with white, 33,7 x 28,5 cm, laid paper (few sm. creases).
Laid down on passe-partout, under passe-partout.
The noblewoman from Carthago is about to poison herself in order to avoid the humiliation of a Roman triumph.