Fabius Maximus before the Senate at Carthage

Fabius Maximus before the Senate at Carthage, as the record names it: a helmeted soldier in armor stands at left, gripping a companion's arm. Togaed men gather under a stone arch, and bundled spears lean against a wall behind them, all rendered in dense etched hatching.

Look closer: Bundled spears or standards leaning against the wall behind the crowd.

Artist

Jean Honoré Fragonard

Date

ca. 1761–65

Medium

Etching

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

1372 × 1974 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011