Notebook with Views of the Excavations at Herculaneum and of Other Italian Cities

Q: When was "Notebook with Views of the Excavations at Herculaneum and of Other Italian Cities" created?

This artwork was created 1750–51.

Q: Is "Notebook with Views of the Excavations at Herculaneum and of Other Italian Cities" in the public domain?

Yes, Notebook with Views of the Excavations at Herculaneum and of Other Italian Cities is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Jérôme Charles Bellicard

1750–51

Medium

Notebook of 55 pages on 29 leaves. Last leaf is hinged onto blank leaf. Two leaves are numbered 36 bis and 37 bis (in addition to pages 36, 37). Four leaves are missing between pages 1 and 2; one leaf is missing between pages 7 and 8; two leaves are missing between pages 23 and 24; two leaves are missing between pages 39 and 40; two leaves are missing between pages 51 and 52. Late-eighteenth-century or early-nineteenth-century sprinkled leather binding with marbleized endpapers.

Dimensions

Loose front cover: 8 5/8 x 6 3/8 in. (21.9 x 16.2 cm) Leaves: 8 1/4 x 6 in. (20.9 x 15.1 cm)

Classification

Albums|Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1940

Accession Number

40.59.6

Notebook with Views of the Excavations at Herculaneum and of Other Italian Cities

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