Pen and brown wash drawing of a winged figure in clouds above, trampling a fallen figure, with two men at left and faint handwritten text on the paper.

The Triumph of Truth Over Heresy

A pen and brown ink drawing with brush wash shows a winged, radiant female figure descending from clouds above, trampling a fallen figure while two men in the lower left recoil. Faint handwritten inscriptions in the lower left and across the sheet are visible, and the drawing is worked on cream paper.

Artist: François Boitard
Date: c. 1710
Medium: Pen and black ink, with brush and pale brown wash, over touches of graphite, on cream laid paper
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 2358 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1715).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

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