The Clemency of Augustus (Corneille, Cinna, V, 3)

ca. 1787–88

Dating: Approximate date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Pen and brown ink over red chalk, with traces of black chalk
Dimensions: 13 3/8 x 14 7/8 in. (34 x 37.8 cm)
Collection no.: 1986.210
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

François-André Vincent. The Clemency of Augustus (Corneille, Cinna, V, 3). François-André Vincent; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Harry G. Sperling Fund, 1986. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

The Clemency of Augustus (Corneille, Cinna, V, 3) — François-André Vincent. ca. 1787–88.

Medium: Pen and brown ink over red chalk, with traces of black chalk. Dimensions: 13 3/8 x 14 7/8 in. (34 x 37.8 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Harry G. Sperling Fund, 1986.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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