Neoclassical, Art, Mythology, Statues & Sculpture, Louvre Collection, Antique Prints, Paris, 1829

Jean Duchesne Aine (1779-1855) (editor)
Pierre Bouillon (1776-1831), Granger, Ingre, Duchemin, et al. (after)
Henri-Guillaume Chatillon (1780 – 1856), Jacques-Louis Perée (b. 1769), A. Romanet, Statgard par Schulfe, I.B.R.V. Massard, Guerin, Avril fils, Richomme, et al. (engravers)
Ancient Greco-Roman Statues
from Musée Francais; Recueil Des Plus Beaux Tableaux, Statues, et Bas-Reliefs Qui Existaient Au Louvre Avant 1815
[Museum of France; A Collection of the Most Beautiful Paintings, Statues, and Bas-Reliefs That Were at the Louvre Before 1815]
W. Galignani and J.O. Robinson, Paris and London: 1829
Copperplate engravings, uncolored
16.5 x 12 inches, plkatemark, average approximate
23 x 17 inches, overall
$375 each

Engravings of classical statues from a lavish collection of prints recording the great works of art displayed at the Louvre before 1815, when many of them were returned to countries that had previously ceded them to Napoleon. The prints include Roman gods and goddesses such as Apollo, Bacchus and Venus. Other examples are Urania, the female muse of astronomy, and Jeune Athlete Remerciant Les Dieux (Statue de Bronze)–  a young athlete thanking the gods. Well-known male and female figures from classical mythology are depicted, often as nudes. The images are at once accurate records of Greco-Roman statues they depict and elegant engravings in their own right. Such prints were often purchased by English and European aristocrats interested in the ancient world, including those who had been on the Grand Tour to Italy. Indeed, images of ancient art such as these were an influential part of 18th-century art scholarship influencing the artistic and architectural movement of neoclassicism at the time. Indeed, images of ancient art such as these were an influential part of 19th-century art scholarship influencing the artistic and architectural movement of late neoclassicism and its revival in the Victorian era.

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