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
Unnumbered, half-page image with relief fragment depicting two female figures, seen from the front, holding hands and dancing towards the right. This image appears below plate 70, a fragment from the same relief, which 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 × 8 7/8 in. (16.6 × 22.6 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1952
- Object Number: 52.519.87(124)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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