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Jean Simon Berthélemy

Semiramus Inspecting a Plan of Babylon

Black and white chalk on blue-gray paper
26.2 × 41.1 cm (10.3 × 16.2 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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