Medal with Portrait of Livy in the 5th Book, from Tibère ou les six premiers livres es Annales de Tacite Traduits par M. l'abbé de la Bléterie Professeur d'Eloquence au Collège Royal et de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres. A Paris de l'Imprimerie Royale
published in 1768
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 1 11/16 × 2 11/16 in. (4.3 × 6.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Estate of Ogden Codman, 1951
Accession Number
51.644.514(1)
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Art Historical Context
This delicate etching and engraving, created by the renowned French artist Augustin de Saint-Aubin the Royal Printing House (L'Imprimerie Royale), a medal portraying the ancient Roman historian Livy (Titus Livius) as a headpiece for the fifth book of *Tibère ou les premiers livres des Annales de Tacite Published in Paris in 1768, it adorned a scholarly French translation of Tacitus's *Annals* by the esteemed Abbé de la Blie, a professor of eloquence and member of the Académie Royale des Inscriptions Belles-Lettres. At just 1 11/16 × 2 11/16 inches, this intimate print exemplifies the exquisite...
About the Artist
Augustin de Saint-Aubin|L'Imprimerie Royale · 1736–1807
Comment on works: Illustrator; Engraver