Caesar Refuses the Crown

Quincy Scott

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Quincy Scott (American, 1882–1965). Caesar Refuses the Crown, ca. 1940. Pen and India ink on paper, image: 21 7/16 x 18 in. (54.5 x 45.7 cm) sheet: 27 1/2 x 21 7/16 in. (69.9 x 54.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the artist, 41.853. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Title

Caesar Refuses the Crown

Date

ca. 1940

Medium

Pen and India ink on paper

Classification

Drawing

Dimensions

image: 21 7/16 x 18 in. (54.5 x 45.7 cm) sheet: 27 1/2 x 21 7/16 in. (69.9 x 54.5 cm)

Signatures

Signed in ink, lower right of image: "Quincy / Scott"

Inscriptions

Inscribed in graphite at bottom of sheet: at center, "Caesar Refuses the Crown"; on lower right, partially cut off, "3 cols [?] / July"

Credit Line

Gift of the artist

Accession Number

41.853

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