Sacrifice a Cibele dans l'antre du Mont Ida, from Les Plus Beaux Monuments de Rome Ancienne ou Recueil des plus beaux Morceaux de l'Antiquité Romaine qui existent encore
Unnumbered plate with a relief depicting three figures making an offering to Cybele at the entrance to Mount Ida. This image appears below plate 32, View of the remains of the Portico of Octavia, and across from page 52, the first of two pages of text describing the Portico.
Artwork Details
- Title: Sacrifice a Cibele dans l'antre du Mont Ida, from Les Plus Beaux Monuments de Rome Ancienne ou Recueil des plus beaux Morceaux de l'Antiquité Romaine qui existent encore
- Artist: 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: 4 7/8 × 10 1/2 in. (12.4 × 26.6 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1952
- Object Number: 52.519.87(62)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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