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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Sophonisba Receiving The Poisoned Cup
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Sophonisba Receiving The Poisoned Cup

Artist Bernardino Pocetti
CultureItalian
DateNo Date
MediumPen, ink, wash, chalk
DimensionsOverall: 10 1/4 x 7 7/8 in. (26 x 20 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number50.49.57
Not on view
DescriptionPen and brown ink drawing. Brown wash over black chalk. With some white heightening. Squared in red chalk. A seated woman receiving a cup from a kneeling man in uniform as people look on.
Exhibition History"Master Drawings from the Chrysler Museum," Small Changing Gallery, The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, February 26 - April 23, 1989. "Special Exhibition," Prints and Drawings Gallery, The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, Fall 1989.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Paolo Farinato
16th century
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
after 1770
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Jean-Michel Moreau the Younger
1768
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Pier Francesco Mola
17th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Eustache Le Sueur
1617-1690
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
ca. 1757