Basrelief Antique, plate 94 from "Recueil de divers Monumens Anciens répandus en plusieurs endroits de L'Italie"

After Jean Barbault French
Publisher Bouchard & Gravier Italian
1770
Not on view
Plate 94, Plate has three bas-relief fragments. The upper left fragment has Ceres looking for her daughter, Proserpine; the upper right fragment has a standing figure drapped in fabric; the bottom center fragment has Pluto abducting Proserpina, being pulled by four black horses led by Hermes.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Basrelief Antique, plate 94 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: 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: 12 7/16 × 8 7/8 in. (31.6 × 22.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1952
  • Object Number: 52.519.88(157)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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