Nobleman Giving Alms to Beggar in Piazza near the Coliseum

Conrad Martin Metz German

1813

Not on view

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Title: Nobleman Giving Alms to Beggar in Piazza near the Coliseum
Artist: Conrad Martin Metz (German, Bonn 1749–1827 Rome)
Date: 1813
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, heightened with white (that has oxidized)
Dimensions: 16 1/8 x 21 1/4 in. (41.0 x 54.0 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1957
Object Number: 57.658.294
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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