23912 Bouchard, Rome, 1775. (a) Etching, plate size 220 x 260 mm., (b) Etching, plate size 98 x 190 mm., uncoloured, wide margins. Two images on one sheet from the posthumous publication of Barbault's works 'Vues des Plus Beaux Restes des Antiquites Romaines' issued in 1775 by Piranesi's early publisher Jean Bouchard. Barbault was a French painter and engraver who studied under Jean Restout II at the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. In 1747 he moved permanently to Rome where his work became influenced by Piranesi and published by Bouchard, who also published Piranesi's early editions. Jean Barbault's prints also form part of the magnificent "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae" in the University of Chicago Library's collection. $350.00AUD
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