Fragments d'un Basrelief Antique representant Le Dieu Mitras, from "Recueil de divers Monumens Anciens répandus en plusieurs endroits de L'Italie"

Probably after Jean Barbault French

Printer Giunchi Heritiers de Komarek Italian

1770

Not on view

Unnumbered plate with a fragment of a relief showing Mithras killing the bull, with two figures holding torches in the background.This engraving appears at the bottom of page 3, below a section of text titled "Temple de la Deesse de la Toux," which describes the monument illustrated on the adjacent page.

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Title: Fragments d'un Basrelief Antique representant Le Dieu Mitras, 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: Probably 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: 5 9/16 × 7 3/8 in. (14.1 × 18.7 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1952
Object Number: 52.519.88(5)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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