drawing
- Museum number
- 1991,0720.2
- Description
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Punishment of Mettius Suffetius ordered by King Tullus (from the first book of Titus Livius' 'Roman History'); four horse-drawn chariots each connected to one of the limbs of Mettius and driving in opposite directions
Pen and brown ink and grey wash, over black chalk; squared and indented for transfer and with further transfer markings around the chariots; a portion cut out and replaced
- Production date
- 1708
- Dimensions
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Height: 312 millimetres
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Width: 463 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Watermark: encircled fleur-de-lys below a "V".
A preparatory study for Spargioni's winning entry in the first class of the Roman Academy, the Academia di San Luca, competition of 1708. For the finished see exhib. cat., Accademia di S. Luca, Rome, Palmer Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University and New York, National Academy of Design, 'Prize Winning Drawings from the Roman Academy 1682-1754',1989, no 35
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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1995-6 Nov-Apr, BM, Recent Acquisitions (no cat.)
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Roman History
- Acquisition date
- 1991
- Acquisition notes
- This item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45. The British Museum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1991,0720.2
