Ancient World, Mythology, Ercolaneo, dancers, fresco
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"Saltatrices duce juxta pictiaram Herculanensem - Zwo Taenzerinnen nach einer im Herculaneo gefundenen Malerey"
Two female dancers, (maenads, bacchantes) found as wall fresco in Herculaneum
Hand-gouached copper etchings by Georg Christoph Kilian
Augsburg, 1778
Printed on strong copper plate paper. Page 52 of a select publication by Kilian
Image very good condition. Margins, far away from image a bit spotty. Lower margin narrow.
21,5 x 23 cm (ca. 8.5 x 9")
Keywords:
In Greek mythology, maenads ( μαϊνάδες); female followers of Dionysus; Thiasus, the god's retinue; "raving ones"; Bassarids, Bacchae; Bacchantes;