Jeunes filles qui dansent et chantent a l'occasion des Noces, from Les Plus Beaux Monuments de Rome Ancienne ou Recueil des plus beaux Morceaux de l'Antiquité Romaine qui existent encore
Plate 70, Relief fragment with two female figures, seen from behind, holding hands and dancing left. The hand of a third figure is visible at far right. This plate appears above a half-page unnumbered plate. The bottom image appears to be a fragment from the same relief and is identified by the same title. These image appear at the end of the volume, in a section of nineteen plates (and four half-page unnumbered images) with ancient statues and bas-reliefs. Unlike the plates in the rest of the volume, these are not accompanied by descriptive text.
Artwork Details
- Title: Jeunes filles qui dansent et chantent a l'occasion des Noces, 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: 6 9/16 × 7 9/16 in. (16.6 × 19.2 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1952
- Object Number: 52.519.87(123)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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