The Martyrdom of St. Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury
Artwork Details
- Title: The Martyrdom of St. Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Artist: Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre (French, Paris 1714–1789 Paris)
- Date: ca. 1748
- Medium: Pen and black ink, brush and black and gray wash, heightened with white, over traces of black chalk, on gray-green paper
- Dimensions: 13 7/8 x 7 1/8 in. (35.2 x 18.1 cm) (arched top)
- Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: Purchase, David T. Schiff Gift, 1989
- Object Number: 1989.5
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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