Lot 100020: Pierre Bouillon – Rare engraving of the Emperor Didius Julianus 1811
This rare copperplate engraving of an ancient sculpture of the Roman Emperor Marcus Didius Salvius Julianus Severus by Pierre Bouillon from Le Musée des Antiques. Published in Paris between 1811-1827.
The plate, entitled Didius Julianus, has the inscription lower left – Dessiné et gravé par Bouillon (Designed and engraved by Bouillon).
This engraving is from the first and only edition of Pierre Bouillon’s monumental publication on classical sculpture, devoted exclusively to the classical sculptures of the Louvre Museum.
Pierre Bouillon (1776–1831) was a French painter and engraver.
Size: 20.5in x 13in (52cm x 33cm)
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