Spartan Virtue

A pen and brown ink drawing with brown wash shows an armored warrior with a plumed helmet and spear standing at left, while a seated figure in draped robes holds up a tablet toward him. An octagonal frame encloses the scene, with arched colonnades and a distant crowd behind; a faint inscription appears below.

Artist

Felice Giani

Date

1811

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over traces of graphite on cream laid paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

1207 × 1280 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum