# Study for “The Decadence of the Romans”

- By: Thomas Couture (French, 1815 - 1879)
- Date: 1846–1847
- Medium: Black and white chalk, on blue paper (now discolored)
- Classification: Drawing
- Dimensions: Unframed: 35.2 × 60.3 cm (13 7/8 × 23 3/4 in.)
- Culture: French
- Credit line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
- Museum: [J. Paul Getty Museum](https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/114VEY)
- Rights: [CC0. Digital image courtesy of Getty's Open Content Program](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/fd3f3408c7ac4c5a6b7d645b6c73be02.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)