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Title page vignette with putti measuring and sketching Roman monuments, from "Les Plus Beaux Monuments de Rome Ancienne ou Recueil des plus beaux Morceaux de l'Antiquité Romaine qui existent encore"

Designed and engraved by Jean Barbault French
Publisher Bouchard & Gravier Italian
1761
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Object Information
  • Title: Title page vignette with putti measuring and sketching Roman monuments, from "Les Plus Beaux Monuments de Rome Ancienne ou Recueil des plus beaux Morceaux de l'Antiquité Romaine qui existent encore"
  • Series/Portfolio: 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 and engraving
  • Dimensions: Plate: 4 × 7 7/16 in. (10.1 × 18.9 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1952
  • Object Number: 52.519.87(1)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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