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Manius Curius Dentatus Refusing the Presents of the Samnite Ambassadors

1732–92
Not on view

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Object Information
  • Title: Manius Curius Dentatus Refusing the Presents of the Samnite Ambassadors
  • Artist: Fedele Fischetti (Italian, Naples 1732–1792 Naples)
  • Date: 1732–92
  • Medium: Brush and black, gray, and white gouache, on paper prepared with gray-brown gouache
  • Dimensions: 9 7/8 x 7 1/2in. (25.1 x 19cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1880
  • Object Number: 80.3.323
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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