AT-00019496
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Earth Receiving the Code of Roman Law from the Emperors Hadrian and Justinian
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Charles Meynier (French, Paris 1768–1832 Paris)
- Date
- 1802–03
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white over black chalk on brownish paper. Squared in black chalk.
- Dimensions
- 24 5/8 x 15 15/16 in. (62.5 x 40.5 cm)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawings
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. David T. Schiff Gift, 1977
- Accession no.
- 1977.372
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Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00019496
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