Luc Olivier Merson
Two Saints in the Roman Coloseum, Before the Lions
1890
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Luc Olivier Merson
Two Saints in the Roman Coloseum, Before the Lions
1890
Physical Qualities
Pen and brush and black ink, opaque watercolor, graphite, and conté crayon on printing-out photographic paper (salted paper print?), Sheet: 338 x 192 mm. (33.8 x 19.2 cm.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.48.13405
One male, one female, full-length standing in foreground; male figure points upward; both look in that direction; lions in middle ground; crowd in background.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
Inscribed: RECTO: LR, black ink, 'Luc Olivier Merson / MDCCCLXXXXI'; VERSO: UL, graphite, '39' in circle
