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Roman soldiers gathered around a sarcophagus, playing cards and dice

Artist and publisher Franz Hanfstängl German
After Bartolomeo Manfredi Italian
Former Attribution Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi) Italian

ca. 1835–40

Not on view

After a painting in Dresden (Gemäldegalerie) formerly attributed to Caravaggio, but is now attributed to Bartolomeo Manfredi.

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Title: Roman soldiers gathered around a sarcophagus, playing cards and dice

Artist and publisher: Franz Hanfstängl (German, 1804–1890)

Artist: After Bartolomeo Manfredi (Italian, Ostiano 1582–1622 Rome)

Former Attribution: Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi) (Italian, Milan or Caravaggio 1571–1610 Porto Ercole)

Date: ca. 1835–40

Medium: Lithograph

Dimensions: Image: 13 1/4 × 18 5/16 in. (33.6 × 46.5 cm)
Sheet: 16 5/8 × 20 1/4 in. (42.2 × 51.4 cm)

Classification: Prints

Credit Line: Gift of the Estate of Emily Delafield Floyd, 1961

Accession Number: 61.568.6

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