drawing
- Museum number
- Oo,3.10
- Description
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Marius receiving the head of Antonius at Supper; a banquet in a hall with great pillars, to right, a figure rises and looks on as Marius, kneeling, receives the head at centre, other guests seated at the tables, and servants bring dishes of meat and wine. 1774
Pen and black ink
- Production date
- 1774
- Dimensions
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Height: 480 millimetres
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Width: 648 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- (Text from Andrew Wilton, 'Royal Academy Draughtsmen 1769-1969', BMP, 1969, no.137)
The identification of the subject is not conclusive. The drawing was acquired by the Department as 'Herod receiving the head of St. John', and catalogued by Binyon (Vol III p 116) as 'Orodes receiving the head of Crassus'. Mortimer also exhibited 'Tydeus receiving the head of Menelippus' at the Society of Artists in 1776 But the 'Marius receiving the head of Antonius' shown there in 1775 is closer in date.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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1775 London, Soc.Artists, no.181
1969, BM, 'Royal Academy Draughtsmen 1769-1969', no.137
1972 Sep-Nov, Council of Europe, London, 'Age of Neo-classicism', no.702
1979 Sep-Nov, Yale Center, 'Fuseli Circle', no. 79
- Acquisition date
- 1824
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- Oo,3.10
