# Earth Receiving the Code of Roman Law from the Emperors Hadrian and Justinian

- By: 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.
- Classification: Drawings
- Dimensions: 24 5/8 x 15 15/16 in. (62.5 x 40.5 cm)
- Culture: France
- Credit line: Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. David T. Schiff Gift, 1977
- Museum: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/337768)
- Rights: [Public domain (Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/met/CRDImages/dp/web-large/DP-356-001.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)