View of an excavation, with an arch at center, from Les Plus Beaux Monuments de Rome Ancienne ou Recueil des plus beaux Morceaux de l'Antiquité Romaine qui existent encore

Probably designed and engraved by Jean Barbault French

Printer Giunchi Heritiers de Komarek Italian

1761

Not on view

Untitled and unnumbered plate with view of an excavation in a landscape. At center, several figures dig around an arch at center, while other figures push wheelbarrows. This image appears below plate 53, "Centaur conduit par une Baccante," which shows a Maenad riding on the back of a centaur and holding a thyrsus, after a painting from Pompeii. This motif from plate 53 is also seen on the frieze of the arch in the excavation scene.

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Title: View of an excavation, with an arch at center, 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 7/8 × 7 in. (9.9 × 17.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1952
Object Number: 52.519.87(103)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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