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Jean Pierre Saint-Ours
Caius Furius Cressinus Accused of Sorcery1792

Not on view
Oil painting of a multi-figure narrative scene set in ancient Greece or Rome, with a crowd arriving from the left, a central figure in a red cape gesturing toward two robed women, and seated officials on a raised stone platform to the right, with a columned temple in the distance

Jean Pierre Saint-Ours, Caius Furius Cressinus Accused of Sorcery, 1792, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by The Jones Foundation, B. Gerald Cantor, Drs. Aldona and Jorge Hoyos, Miss Carlotta Mabury, Isaacs Brothers Company, Museum Associates Acquisition Fund, and Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch Collection by exchange, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Jean Pierre Saint-Ours
Switzerland, Geneva, 1752-1809
Title
Caius Furius Cressinus Accused of Sorcery
Place Made
Switzerland
Date Made
1792
Medium
Oil on walnut panel
Dimensions
19 x 27 in. (48.26 x 68.58 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by The Jones Foundation, B. Gerald Cantor, Drs. Aldona and Jorge Hoyos, Miss Carlotta Mabury, Isaacs Brothers Company, Museum Associates Acquisition Fund, and Mr. and Mrs. Allan C. Balch Collection by exchange
Accession Number
M.82.119
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Selected Bibliography
  • Schaefer, Scott, and Peter Fusco. European Painting and Sculpture in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art: an Illustrated Summary Catalogue. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987.