Belisarius Begging for Alms

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Artist: Heinrich Friedrich Füger (German, Heilbronn 1751–1818 Vienna)
Date: mid-18th–early 19th century
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk, over graphite underdrawing
Dimensions: 10 5/8 x 14 1/2 in. (27 x 36.8 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1947
Accession no.: 47.155.7

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Belisarius Begging for Alms
Heinrich Friedrich Füger
mid-18th–early 19th century · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00018423
Two Warriors in Classical Costume Bending over Two Figures
Heinrich Friedrich Füger
mid-18th–early 19th century · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00018424
Man Embracing Woman with Child in Her Arms
Heinrich Friedrich Füger
mid-18th–early 19th century · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00018426
Lais Taking Aristipp by Surprise
Heinrich Friedrich Füger
ca. 1801 · Drawing
Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00023255

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.