Christian women and children are attacked by men with swords. Chalk drawing.

Date:
[between ca. 1750 and ca. 1820?]
Reference:
2533337i
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Description

Left, a soldier in armour and a man in civilian dress, both with swords, enter a room. Centre, a woman seated on a throne marked with a cross protects a child. Right background, a solder attacks two other women and a baby. Right in niches, statues of a bishop and a nun (Saint Augustine and Saint Monica?)

Publication/Creation

[France?], [between ca. 1750 and ca. 1820?]

Physical description

1 drawing : red chalk ; sheet 46 x 62 cm

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2533337i

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