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Urnes Cinereres, plate 33 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 33, View of four cinerary urns; the two at either end with domed tops. Below this plate is an unnumbered image by the same title. These two images appear across from page 27, which contains a portion of the chapter describing the urns. This is the eighth of thirteen pages with images of funerary urns, altars and cippi.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Urnes Cinereres, plate 33 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: 6 1/8 × 8 7/8 in. (15.5 × 22.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1952
  • Object Number: 52.519.88(71)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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