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Matthieu Elias|Reverend Jean de la Barrière

The arrest of Jean de La Barrière by the League at Lombez

1706–07
Red chalk, pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, heightened with white, over graphite
53.4 × 44.1 cm (21 × 17.4 in)

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