Relief fragment with a reclining figure holding a cornucopia, from Les Plus Beaux Monuments de Rome Ancienne ou Recueil des plus beaux Morceaux de l'Antiquité Romaine qui existent encore
Untitled and unnumbered plate with a fragment of a relief showing a figure leaning on a basket at left and supporting a large cornucopia. This engraving appears at the bottom of page 86, below a section of text titled "Quelques Morceaux d'Herculanum," which describes the wall paintings from Herculaneum, specifically the painting of two dancers shown in plate 52 on the facing page. This image is one of nine in the volume that are incorporated into text pages, rather than on separate folios of plates.
Artwork Details
- Title: Relief fragment with a reclining figure holding a cornucopia, from Les Plus Beaux Monuments de Rome Ancienne ou Recueil des plus beaux Morceaux de l'Antiquité Romaine qui existent encore
- Artist: Probably designed and engraved by Jean Barbault (French, Viarmes 1718–1762 Rome)
- Printer: Giunchi Heritiers de Komarek
- Publisher: Bouchard & Gravier (Rome)
- Published in: Rome
- Date: 1761
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Plate: 3 7/16 × 2 9/16 in. (8.8 × 6.5 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1952
- Object Number: 52.519.87(99)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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