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View of two altars, from "Recueil de divers Monumens Anciens répandus en plusieurs endroits de L'Italie"

After Jean Barbault French
Publisher Bouchard & Gravier Italian
1770
Not on view
Unnamed and unnumbered plate with a view of two altars with ornamental decoration and inscription. The altar at left with goat's heads at corners. This image appears below plate 15, with a cross-section of the view of the Columbarium of Livia, which was discovered on the Via Appia in 1726 and is now destroyed. These two images appear after page 16, which contains a portion of the chapter describing the Columbarium of Livia.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title:
    View of two altars, from "Recueil de divers Monumens Anciens répandus en plusieurs endroits de L'Italie"
  • Series/Portfolio:
    Recueil de divers Monumens Anciens répandus en plusieurs endroits de L'Italie
  • Artist:
    After Jean Barbault (French, Viarmes 1718–1762 Rome)
  • Printer:
    Giunchi Heritiers de Komarek
  • Publisher:
    Bouchard & Gravier (Rome)
  • Published in:
    Rome
  • Date:
    1770
  • Medium:
    Etching
  • Dimensions:
    Plate: 6 1/8 × 9 9/16 in. (15.6 × 24.3 cm)
  • Classification:
    Prints
  • Credit Line:
    Rogers Fund, 1952
  • Object Number:
    52.519.88(41)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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