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A bacchante carrying a large basket on her head and holding a staff in her left hand, set against a black background inside a rectangular frame

Engraved by Antonio Ricciani

From a series of engravings depicting wall paintings from Herculaneum, made by various engravers and intermediary draughtsman, all pulblished by Agapito Franzetti.

Credit: Gift of Mrs. Hubbard, 1941

c. 1795-c. 1820
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41.4 x 31.5cm
41.141.17
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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