Les Plus Beaux Monuments de Rome Ancienne Ou Recueïl Des Plus Beaux Morceaux De L'Antiquité Romaine Qui Existent Encore: Dessinés Par Monsieur Barbault Peintre Ancien Pensionnaire Du Roy a Rome, Et Gravés en 128 Planches Avec Leur Explication.
published 1761
Artist, Italian, died c. 1750
Artist, Italian, 18th century
Artist, Italian, died 1770 or after
Author, French, 1718 - 1762
Printer
Publisher, Rome
Artwork overview
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Medium
1 vol: ill: 117 etching and engravings (plus 11 vignettes and tailpieces), 72 plates by Jean Barbault as draftsman with 24 of these by Barbault as engraver also, 46 by Domenico Montagu as engraver, 1 by Freicenet as engraver, 1 by G. Bouchard asengraver; 24 plates by Barbault as engraver soley, 4 by Bouchard as engraver, 3 by Freicenet, 3 by Montagu, 1 by Carlo Nolli as draftsman and Montagu as engraver, 1 by J. Bufalino as draftsman and Montagu as engraver
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
page size: 52.8 x 36.8 cm (20 13/16 x 14 1/2 in.)
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Accession
1985.61.381
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Gilt armorial device on cover of the Polish family Rzewiski/Lubomirski. Charles Edouard Mewes (bookplate). F.N.J. Edouard Ferry Schutzenberger (bookplate dated 1887 signed C. Mewes del.). Mark J. Millard, New York; purchased by NGA, 1985.
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Bibliography
2000
Pollak et al. 2000, no. 13