Sylvestre Locuste essaye le poison(2), Charles-Louis Michelez, 1876

Joseph-noël sylvestre: locusta testing in nero's presence the poison prepared for britannicus (locuste essaye, en présence de néron, le poison préparé pour britannicus); on the ground is the slave who had to try the poison. Acquired by the museum of luxembourg and deposited (déposé) at the museum of amiens (according to la tribune de l'art). Date: 1876.