Bilder Bernard de Montfaucon (1655-1741) – Habits des Romains: Arc de Constantin – Etching (1719)

Beskrivning

"Habits des Romains. Arc de Constantin". This work illustrates a relief from the Arch of Constantine in Rome, depicting a group of Roman citizens and officials in their traditional attire. The scene features figures draped in various forms of the toga and tunica, standing before a row of fluted Corinthian columns adorned with floral garlands. This etching is a plate from the landmark ten-volume series L'Antiquité expliquée et représentée en figures, published in Paris in 1719. The publication was the first of its kind to provide a systematic visual encyclopedia of the ancient world, using surviving archaeological monuments to document the social hierarchies and clothing of Roman antiquity.

Bernard de Montfaucon was a French Benedictine monk and scholar who is widely recognized as one of the founders of modern archaeology. He dedicated his life to the study of ancient manuscripts and artifacts, seeking to provide a factual basis for the understanding of classical history. His monumental work L'Antiquité expliquée was a major intellectual achievement of the early eighteenth century, synthesizing vast amounts of archaeological data into a coherent visual format. Montfaucon’s meticulous approach to documenting physical remains influenced generations of historians and artists, playing a pivotal role in the development of Neoclassicism.

Artist or Maker:
Bernard de Montfaucon.

Dimensions:
Approximately 42 cm x 27 cm.

Medium:
Etching.

Date:
1719.

Condition Report:
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