Hannibal Before the Senate in Carthage

A standing general in a short tunic gestures toward a raised platform where robed elders sit in tiered rows beneath a tall column. In the foreground, men kneel among scattered coins on the marble steps, while armored soldiers stand at the left edge. The grey wash and white highlights give the classical hall a dramatic, theatrical depth.

Look closer: A signature or inscription is faintly written in the lower left corner on the step.

Artist

Etienne Pierre Adrien Gois

Date

1798–99

Medium

Pen and black ink, gray wash, heightened with white; verso: point of brush and gray wash

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

2705 × 3412 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Jacob Bean, 1971