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
Publisher Bouchard & Gravier Italian
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.
