Recueil de divers Monumens Anciens répandus en plusieurs endroits de L'Italie
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Overall: 20 1/16 x 15 1/8 x 2 1/16 in. (51 x 38.4 x 5.3 cm)
Classification
Books
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1952
Accession Number
52.519.88(1-167)
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Recueil de divers Monens Anciens répandus plusieurs endroits de L'Italie** (1770) is a captivating bound volume of etchings and engravings by French artist Jean Barbault, collaboration with printers and engravers like Bouchard & Gravier Giunchi (heirs of Komarek),ico Montagu, and Beheim. Housed in The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department (quired via the Rogers Fund in 195), this substantial book measures 20 1/16 x 15 1/8 x 2 1/16 inches, serving as a portable treasury of Italy's ancient wonders. Created during the height of the 18th-century Grand Tour, when affluent E...