Gaius Mucius Scaevola Thrusting His Right Hand into Fire, by Marco Marcola, 1740–93
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Gaius Mucius Scaevola Thrusting His Right Hand into Fire

Marco Marcola (Italian, Verona ca. 1740–1793 Verona)

1740–93

Medium
Pen and black ink, brush and gray-brown wash
Classification
Drawings
Dimensions
11 x 16 in. (28.0 x 40.6 cm)
Culture
Italian
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Drawings and Prints
Credit line
Rogers Fund, 1964
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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